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Reginald Earle, Ist Baron Welby

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"REGINALD EARLE WELBY, IST Baron (1832-1915), English civil servant, was born at Harston, Leics., Aug. 3 1832. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and accepted a Treasury clerkship in 1856. There his financial ability soon showed itself and his rise was rapid, especially after W. E. Gladstone became Chancellor of the Exchequer. Finally in 1885 he became permanent secretary to the Treasury. He was made K.C.B. in 1882, G.C.B. in 1892, and a peerage was bestowed on him on his retirement. After that event he became an alderman of the London County Council and in 1899 was elected its chairman. He died in London Oct. 30 1915.