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Hartington, Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington and 8th Duke of Devonshire

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Hartington, Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess Of Hartington And 8th Duke Of Devonshire


British politician, first leader of the Liberal Unionists 1886–1903. As war minister he opposed devolution for Ireland in cabinet and later led the revolt of the Liberal Unionists that defeated Gladstone's Irish Home Rule Bill of 1886. Hartington refused the premiership three times, in 1880, 1886, and 1887, and led the opposition to the Irish Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords in 1893.

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