William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow

William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow
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The 4th Earl of Onslow as a Freemason.

William Hillier Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow, GCMG, PC (7 March 1853–23 October 1911) was a British Conservative politician.

Having succeeded as 4th Earl of Onslow in 1870 (inheriting the title from his great-uncle Arthur, who died without surviving male issue), he held office in the governments of Lord Salisbury and Arthur Balfour, including as a Lord in Waiting from 1886 to 1887. From 1889 until 1892 he served as Governor of New Zealand, and from 1905 to 1911 he was Lord Chairman of Committees (Deputy Speaker) of the House of Lords. He was made a Privy Counsellor on his appointment to the Cabinet post of President of the Board of Agriculture in 1903.

The Earl of Onslow by Leslie Ward, 1883.

Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Roden	Lord-in-Waiting 1880	Succeeded by The Lord Strafford
Preceded by The Lord Kensington	Lord-in-Waiting 1886–1887	Succeeded by The Lord Balfour of Burleigh
Preceded by The Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl	Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1887–1888	Succeeded by Baron Henry de Worms
Preceded by Baron Henry de Worms	Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade 1888–1889	Succeeded by The Lord Balfour of Burleigh
Preceded by Sir William Jervois	Governor of New Zealand 1889–1892	Succeeded by The Earl of Glasgow
Preceded by The Lord Reay	Under-Secretary of State for India 1895–1900	Succeeded by The Earl of Hardwicke
Preceded by The Earl of Selborne	Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1900–1903	Succeeded by The Duke of Marlborough
Preceded by Robert Hanbury	President of the Board of Agriculture 1903–1905	Succeeded by Ailwyn Fellowes
Preceded by The Earl of Morley	Lord Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords 1905–1911	Succeeded by The Earl of Donoughmore
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Arthur Onslow	Earl of Onslow 1870–1911	Succeeded by Richard Onslow

v • d • e Governors and Governors-General of New Zealand

	William Hobson* · Robert FitzRoy* · George Grey* · Thomas Gore Browne* · George Ferguson Bowen* · James Fergusson* · Marquess of Normanby* · Hercules George Robert Robinson* · Arthur Hamilton Gordon* · William Francis Drummond Jervois* · Earl of Onslow* · Earl of Glasgow* · Earl of Ranfurly* · Lord Plunket* · Lord Islington* · Earl of Liverpool* · Viscount Jellicoe · Sir Charles Fergusson · Viscount Bledisloe · Viscount Galway · Cyril Louis Norton Newall · Lord Freyberg · Lord Norrie · Viscount Cobham · Bernard Fergusson · Arthur Espie Porritt · Denis Blundell · Keith Jacka Holyoake · David Stuart Beattie · Paul Reeves · Catherine Anne Tizard · Michael Hardie Boys · Silvia Cartwright · Anand Satyanand * Held office of Governor of New Zealand.

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