Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton

The Viscount Wolverhampton
Secretary of State for India
In office
10 March 1894 – 21 June 1895
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Earl of Rosebery
Preceded byThe Earl of Kimberley
Succeeded byLord George Hamilton
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
10 December 1905 – 13 October 1908
MonarchEdward VII
Prime MinisterHenry Campbell-Bannerman
H. H. Asquith
Preceded bySir William Walrond, Bt
Succeeded byThe Lord Fitzmaurice
Lord President of the Council
In office
13 October 1908 – 16 June 1910
MonarchsEdward VII
George V
Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
Preceded byThe Lord Tweedmouth
Succeeded byThe Lord Beauchamp
Personal details
Born(1830-05-16)16 May 1830
Sunderland, County Durham. England
Died25 February 1911(1911-02-25) (aged 80)
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Political partyLiberal
SpouseEllen Thorneycroft
ChildrenEllen, Edith, and Henry

Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton, GCSI, PC (16 May 1830 – 25 February 1911) was a British solicitor and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1908 when he was raised to the peerage. A member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, he was the first solicitor and the first Methodist to enter the Cabinet or to be raised to the peerage.[1]

  1. ^ ODNB Online, article "Fowler, Henry Hartley" (accessed 2 July 2010)