Rt Hon. Sir Aretas Akers-Douglas PC JP Viscount Chilston GBE DL
(1851-1926)
Home Secretary of the United Kingdom, 1st Viscount Chilston, Knight Grand Cross of the British Empire, Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant, and Privy Counsellor (from 1891)
Died aged 74
Wikidata WikipediaAretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston, GBE, PC, JP, DL (21 October 1851 – 15 January 1926), born Aretas Akers, was a British Conservative statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until he was raised to the peerage in 1911. He notably served as Home Secretary under Arthur Balfour between 1902 and 1905.
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Aretas Akers-Douglas GBE PC JP DL 1851-1926 Home Secretary 1st Viscount Chilston Baron Douglas of Baads born here
55 Swan Street, West Malling, United Kingdom where they was born (1851)