Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord St Audries
Honorific-Suffix:Bt PC
Order1:Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Term Start1:8 August 1902
Term End1:4 December 1905
Monarch1:Edward VII
Primeminister1:Arthur Balfour
Predecessor1:Sir William Walrond, Bt
Successor1:George Whiteley
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative

Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries PC (26 September 1853  - 4 June 1917), known as Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, Bt, until 1911, was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) under Arthur Balfour from 1902 to 1905.

Background

Fuller-Acland-Hood was the son of Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 3rd Baronet, by his wife Isabel, daughter of Sir Peregrine Palmer-Fuller-Acland, 2nd Baronet. He was a descendant of Alexander Hood, uncle of Lord Hood and Lord Bridport. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1892. In 1905 he also succeeded his kinsman as 6th Baronet of Hartington Hall.[1]

Political career

Fuller-Acland-Hood sat as Member of Parliament for Wellington, Somerset from 1892 until 1911.[2] He was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under Lord Salisbury in 1900, a post he held until November 1902, and then served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) under Arthur Balfour from August 1902 until 1905.[3] He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1904 and raised to the peerage as Baron St Audries, of St Audries in the County of Somerset, in 1911.

Family

Lord St Audries married the Hon. Mildred Rose Evelyn, daughter of Dayrolles Blakeney Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, in 1888. They had two sons and two daughters. He died in June 1917, aged 63, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Alexander. Lady St Audries died in October 1949.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.thepeerage.com/p7113.htm#i71130 thepeerage.com Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St. Audries
  2. Web site: Alphabetical index of MPs Since 1660: Fre - Han. LeighRayment.com. 9 January 2020. 24 July 2018. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20180724214907/http://www.leighrayment.com/mpindex/mpindexfrehan.htm.
  3. Mr BalfourĀ“s Ministry - full list of appointments . 9 August 1902 . 5 . 36842.