Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook

The Right Honourable The Earl of Cranbrook GCSI PC
Portrait by W. & D. Downey, 1880
Home Secretary
In office 17 May 1867 – 3 December 1868
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by	Spencer Horatio Walpole
Succeeded by	Henry Bruce
Lord President of the Council
In office 24 June 1885 – 6 February 1886
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	The Lord Carlingford
Succeeded by	The Earl Spencer
In office 3 August 1886 – 18 August 1892
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	The Earl Spencer
Succeeded by	The Earl of Kimberley
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 3 – 16 August 1886
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt
Succeeded by	Lord John Manners
Personal details
Born	Gathorne Hardy (1814-10-01)1 October 1814 Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Died	30 October 1906(1906-10-30) (aged 92) Benenden, Kent, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Jane Stewart Orr ​ (m. 1838)​
Children	5, including: Margaret Goschen, Viscountess Goschen John Gathorne-Hardy, 2nd Earl of Cranbrook Alfred Gathorne-Hardy
Parent(s)	John Hardy Isabel Gathorne
Relatives	Gathorne-Hardy family
Alma mater	Oriel College, Oxford

Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, GCSI, PC (1 October 1814 – 30 October 1906) was a prominent British Conservative politician. He held cabinet office in every Conservative government between 1858 and 1892. He served as Home Secretary from 1867 to 1868, Secretary of State for War from 1874 to 1878, Lord President of the Council from 1885 to 1886 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster until 1886. In 1878, he was appointed Secretary of State for India and thereafter was elevated to the peerage, entering the House of Lords as Viscount Cranbrook.^[1] He has been described as a moderate, middle-of-the-road Anglican, and a key ally of Disraeli.