George Ward Hunt was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who was Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Admiralty in the first and second ministries of Benjamin Disraeli.
Hunt in 1873
Hunt as caricatured by Carlo Pellegrini in Vanity Fair, March 1871
Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, GCB, PC, was a British statesman and Liberal politician who helped shape British politics in the latter half of the 19th century. He held office under William Ewa
George Ward Hunt
…the Exchequer In office 29 February 1868 – 1 December 1868 Monarch Victoria Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli Preceded by Benjamin Disraeli Succeeded by Robert Lowe Personal details Born 30 July 1825 Winkfield, Berkshire Died 29 July 1877 (aged 51) Bad Homburg, Germany Party Conservative Spouse Alice Eden (d. 1894…
Lowe c. 1873
Robert Lowe, Vanity Fair, 1869
A terracotta statuette dated 1873 by caricaturist Carlo Pellegrini of Lowe standing on a box of matches inscribed 'Ex luce lucellum'