Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn

Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn ( born October 23, 1837 in London, † April 30, 1916 ) was a British nobleman and politician.

Beach was the eldest son of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet, of Beverston. Back in 1854, he inherited when his father died the barony. He attended Eton College and studied law and history at Christ Church College at Oxford University.

1864 Hicks Beach was chosen for East Gloucestershire to the House, where he joined the Conservatives.

He was from February to December 1868 Secretary of arms Office ( Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board), in between a few weeks Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs ( Under- Secretary of State for Home Affairs ), retired with the conservative government in December 1868 and fought in the House as a member of the opposition Gladstone's University Act and the secret ballot.

As Disraeli in 1874 again took over the government, Hicks Beach Chief Secretary for Ireland was. In 1877 he became a member of the Cabinet and the following year after effected by the Eastern Question resignation Carnarvon Colonial Secretary ( Secretary of State for the Colonies ). In the spring of 1880, when Gladstone again took over the business of government after the election victory of the Liberals, and Hicks resigned, but was in July 1885 because he had made himself as chairman of the National Association of Conservative Clubs earned the Ministry Salisbury Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the Conservatives in the House.

But in the new, formed in July 1886 Conservative cabinet he had the party leadership Randolph Churchill left and was the second time Chief Secretary for Ireland. Due to problems with his eyesight Hicks Beach resigned the following year by his office.

A year later, he continued his political career continued but when he was Chairman of the Board of Trade. He held until 1892 this office. From 1895 to 1902 he was again then Chancellor of the Exchequer. He stepped back with the government Salisbury.

1906 was raised in the county of Gloucestershire, in the hereditary peerage as Viscount St. Aldwyn Hicks Beach, Coln St Aldwyn of. 1915 was the awarding of the dignity of Earl St Aldwyn.

The following year, Hicks Beach passed away. Since his eldest son was a week earlier fell, inherited the title of his eldest son, his grandson.