Herbert Colstoun Gardner, 1st Baron Burghclere, was a British Liberal politician, born 9 June 1846 and died 6 May 1921. He was Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden from 1885 until his elevation to the peerage in 1895, and served as President of the Board of Agriculture from 25 August 1892 to 21 June 1895 under Prime Ministers William Ewart Gladstone and Lord Rosebery. He was also a director of the P and O Steamship Company, an Ecclesiastical Commissioner, and an author who published a translation of Virgil's Georgics in 1904.
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Defining ContributionServed as President of the Board of Agriculture from 1892 to 1895 in the Liberal governments of William Ewart Gladstone and Lord Rosebery. 1 In the Other Atlases
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9 June 1846
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6 May 1921
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was a British Liberal politician
Political career section, President of the Board of Agriculture
He served in the Liberal administrations of William Ewart Gladstone and later Lord Rosebery as President of the Board of Agriculture from 1892 to 1895.
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