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Cardwell Biography and Timeline

Follow Cardwell through 4 dated historical records for Great Britain.

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Cardwell, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

4Distinct records

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1813–1886Years on this page

1813

Birth of Edward Cardwell

Viscount · Politics / Tory Party

Birth of Edward Cardwell

1845

Financial Secretary of the Treasury

Viscount · Financial Secretary of the Treasury · Government / Tory Party Government

Appointed Secretary to the Treasury

Role range: 1841-1846 – 1845-1846

1868

Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

Viscount · Secretary of State for War and the Colonies · Government / Liberal Party Government

Appointed Secretary for War

Role range: 1868-1874 – 1868-1870

1886

Death of Cardwell

Viscount · Politics / Liberal Party

Death of Edward Cardwell

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.