Hugh Childers

The Right Honourable Hugh Childers
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 9 August 1872 – 30 September 1873
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Gladstone
Preceded by	The Earl of Dufferin
Succeeded by	John Bright
Secretary of State for War
In office 28 April 1880 – 16 December 1882
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Gladstone
Preceded by	Frederick Stanley
Succeeded by	Marquess of Hartington
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 16 December 1882 – 9 June 1885
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Gladstone
Preceded by	William Gladstone
Succeeded by	Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt
Home Secretary
In office 6 February 1886 – 25 July 1886
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Gladstone
Preceded by	R. A. Cross
Succeeded by	Henry Matthews
Personal details
Born	25 June 1827 (1827-06-25) London, UK
Died	29 January 1896 (1896-01-30) (aged 68) London, UK
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Emily Walker (d. 1875)
Children	8, including Milly
Relatives	Erskine Childers (cousin)
Education	Cheam School Wadham College, Oxford Trinity College, Cambridge

Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (25 June 1827 – 29 January 1896) was a British Liberal statesman of the nineteenth century. He is perhaps best known for his reform efforts at the Admiralty and the War Office. Later in his career, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, his attempt to correct a budget shortfall led to the fall of the Liberal government led by William Gladstone.