- Né le 8 juillet 1836
- Décédé le 2 juillet 1914, à l'âge de 77 ans
Occupations
- Member of Parliament for Birmingham (1876 - 1885)
- Member of Parliament for Birmingham West (1885 - 1914)
- president of the Board of Trade (1880 - 1885)
- president of the Local Government Board (1886)
- secretary of State for the Colonies (1895 - 1903)
- leader of the Opposition in the Commons (1906)
- president of the National Liberal Federation (1877 - ca 1880)
- rector of the University of Glasgow (1896 - 1899)
- chancellor of the University of Birmingham (1900 - 1914)