Charles Thomson Ritchie
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The Right Honourable The Lord Ritchie of Dundee PC |
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| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 29 June 1895 – 7 November 1900 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | James Bryce |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Balfour |
| Home Secretary | |
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In office 12 November 1900 – 12 July 1902 |
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| Monarch |
Victoria Edward VII |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Aretas Akers-Douglas |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 11 August 1902 – 9 October 1903 |
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| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Prime Minister | Arthur Balfour |
| Preceded by | Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Austen Chamberlain |
| Personal details | |
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19 November 1838 Dundee, Scotland |
| Died | 9 January 1906 (aged 67) Biarritz, France |
| Resting place | Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
Charles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee PC (19 November 1838 – 9 January 1906) was a British businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 until 1905 when he was raised to the peerage. He served as Home Secretary from 1900 to 1902 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1902 to 1903.
Ritchie was born at Dundee, Scotland, the third son of William Ritchie, of Rockhill near Broughty Ferry in Forfarshire, head of the firm of William Ritchie & Sons, of London and Dundee, East India merchants, jute spinners and manufacturers. The Ritchie family had long been connected with the town of Dundee. His elder brother James Ritchie was Lord Mayor of London from 1903 to 1904 and was created a Baronet in 1903 (a title which became extinct on his death; see Ritchie Baronets). Ritchie was educated at the City of London School, after which he went into business.
He married Margaret Ower, daughter of Thomas Ower of Perth, on 7 December 1858.
In 1874 was returned to parliament as Conservative member for the Tower Hamlets. In 1885 he was made secretary to the Admiralty, and from 1886 to 1892 was President of the Local Government Board in Lord Salisbury's second administration, sitting as member for St George in the East. He was responsible for the Local Government Act 1888, instituting county councils; and a large section of the Conservative party always owed him a grudge for having originated the London County Council.
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