Hugh Culling Eardley Childers

Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (born June 25, 1827, London—died Jan. 29, 1896, London) was a politician in Australia and later in Great Britain. He was a prominent member of the British Liberal Party and a fervent supporter of William Ewart Gladstone, in whose first three ministries he held high offices. After studying at Wadham College, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge, Childers immigrated to Australia in 1850, entered the civil service, and in 1856 became a...