John Charles Herries | |
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| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| In office 3 September 1827 – 25 January 1828 | |
| Monarch | George IV |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Goderich |
| Preceded by | The Lord Tenterden (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Henry Goulburn |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 2 February – 22 November 1830 | |
| Monarchs | George IV William IV |
| Prime Minister | The Duke of Wellington |
| Preceded by | William Vesey-FitzGerald |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Auckland |
| Member of Parliament forHarwich | |
| In office 1823–1847 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Bathurst Nicholas Vansittart |
| Succeeded by | William Beresford John Attwood |
| Member of Parliament forStamford | |
| In office 1847–1853 | |
| Preceded by | Sir George Clerk, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Cranborne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1778 (1778-11) |
| Died | 24 April 1855(1855-04-24) (aged 76) St Julians,Kent |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse | Sarah Dorington (d. 1821) |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
John Charles HerriesPC (November 1778 – 24 April 1855), known asJ. C. Herries, was a British politician and financier and a frequent member ofTory andConservative cabinets in the early to mid-19th century.
Herries was the eldest son of Charles Herries, aLondon merchant, by his wife Mary Ann Johnson, and was educated at Cheam and theUniversity of Leipzig.
Herries worked his way up in the Treasury and eventually became Secretary to theFirst Lord of the Treasury,Commissary-General to the Army,Paymaster of the Civil List,Secretary to the Treasury (1823–1827),Chancellor of the Exchequer inLord Goderich's government (1827–1828),Master of the Mint under theDuke of Wellington (1828–1830), brieflyPresident of the Board of Trade (1830),Secretary at War underSir Robert Peel (1834–1835), and finallyPresident of the Board of Control inLord Derby's first government (1852). During his tenure as Commissary-General, he used the help ofNathan Mayer Rothschild to transfer money to British and allied army troops on the continent, which was not an easy task during theContinental Blockade. Rothschild's successful conclusion of these transfers was one of the foundations of the house's English banking empire.
Herries was one of few men of ministerial experience to side with theprotectionist Tories after the repeal of theCorn Laws. Following the death ofLord George Bentinck in 1848, Herries was suggested byLord Stanley as an alternative toBenjamin Disraeli as ShadowLeader of the House of Commons. In the end Herries declined, and Disraeli gradually came into his own as leader. Staunchly protectionist, Herries was in repeated conflict with Disraeli who, despite championing protectionism barely six years before, was hurriedly disassociating himself and the party from that doctrine. The two never got along, and Herries' refusal to assist in the framing of the 1852 Budget (which he regarded as "wild work"), cannot have helped matters. By the time of Derby's second government in 1858, Herries had died. His son,Charles Herries, was appointed Chairman of theBoard of Inland Revenue by Disraeli during the latter's second premiership in 1877.
Herries married Sarah, daughter of John Dorington, in 1814. They had three sons, one of whom,Sir Charles Herries, was a well-known financier. Sarah died in February 1821. Herries survived her by over thirty years and died at St Julians, nearSevenoaks,Kent, in April 1855, aged 76.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forHarwich 1823–1841 With:George Canning 1823–1826 Nicholas Conyngham Tindal 1826–1827 Sir William Rae, Bt 1827–1830 George Robert Dawson 1830–1832 Christopher Thomas Tower 1832–1835 Francis Robert Bonham 1835–1837 Alexander Ellice 1837–1841 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forStamford 1847–1853 With:Marquess of Granby 1847–1852 Sir Frederic Thesiger 1852–1853 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Joint Secretary to the Treasury 1823–1827 With:Stephen Rumbold Lushington 1823–1827 Joseph Planta 1827 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chancellor of the Exchequer 1827–1828 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Master of the Mint 1828–1830 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Board of Trade 1830 | |
| Preceded by | Secretary at War 1834–1835 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Conservative Leader of the Commons 1849–1851 With:Benjamin Disraeli andMarquess of Granby | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Board of Control 1852 | Succeeded by |
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