Herbert Gardner, 1st Baron Burghclere
Herbert Colstoun Gardner, 1st Baron Burghclere PC was a British Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 until he was raised to the peerage in 1895. He served as President of the Board of Agriculture between 1892 and 1895.
Gardner was the son of Alan Gardner, 3rd Baron Gardner, by his second wife, the professional actress Juliah Sarah . However, he was born two years before his parents marriage and was consequently not allowed to succeed in the barony of Gardner on his fathers death in 1883. He was educated at Harrow and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he was a member and eventually manager of the Amateur Dramatic Club which was flourishing exceedingly under his management. He later acted with the Canterbury Old Stagers for whom he and William Yardley wrote some of the best plays and epilogues they produced. In 1867 Gardner was admitted at Inner Temple and was a Deputy Lieutenant of Middlesex.
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