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Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCB, PC ( 27 October 1818 – 12 January 1887 ), known as Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt, from 1851 to 1885, was a British Conservative politician.

He notably served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1874 and 1880 and as Foreign Secretary between 1885 and 1886, and was one of only two people to hold the office of First Lord of the Treasury and was never Prime Minister.