14 Facts About Algernon West

Algernon West acted as Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister William Gladstone.

Algernon West was the third son of Martin John West and Lady Maria Walpole, third daughter of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford; Edward West was his uncle.

Algernon West was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1850.

Algernon West left after two terms, becoming a clerk in the Inland Revenue, and then transferring to the Admiralty.

Algernon West was a Progressive Party Alderman of London County Council from 1898 to 1907.

Algernon West held the office of Justice of the Peace for Middlesex.

Algernon West held the office of Chairman of the Board of the Inland Revenue.

Algernon West was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 30 July 1886.

Algernon West was promoted to a Knight Grand Cross of the order in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902, and was invested by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 8 August 1902.

Algernon West was later invested as a Privy Counsellor.

From 1880, Algernon West lived at the manor at Wanborough, Surrey.

Algernon West entertained many political figures at the manor including Gladstone, Queen Victoria and Bismarck.

Algernon West was a director of the South Eastern Railway and he caused a new station, named Wanborough but actually at Normandy, to be opened in 1891.

In 1908, Algernon West returned to stay in the manor until his death in 1921.