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MONTEAGLE, THOMAS SPRING -RICE
Rice
Spring , came of a Limerick family, whose ancestor was Sir Stephen Rice (16371715), chief
Cambridge ); and after holding minor offices became secretary for war and the colonies in 1834 and in 18351839 chancellor of the exchequer. He was disappointed in not obtaining the speakership, but in 1839 was created Baron Monteagle of Brandon
control over the treasury, and the abolition of the old exchequer (q.v.) was already determined upon when he died on the 7th of February 1866. His eldest son, Stephen Edmund Spring-Rice (18141865), deputy chairman of the board of customs, having predeceased him, he was succeeded in the title by his grandson, Thomas
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