Talk:William Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester

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The fourth Earl of Ilchester was Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1835 to 1840 in Melbourne's Whig government, but was not an MP (and did not succeed as Earl until 1858). I was under the impression that is has never been possible for a person who is not a member of parliament to hold ministerial office in the UK. Perhaps someone can shed some light on this? Tryde 15:08, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Geology[edit]

His merits in geology are missing (first geological chart of Russia 1822), see for example the russian wikipedia--Claude J (talk) 11:52, 22 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Added something, but still weak section. - Melilac (talk) 17:42, 21 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]