Supt. aliens office Jan. 1793 – July 1794; chief clerk to sec. of state for war July 1794 – Mar. 1795, under-sec. of state for war Mar. 1795 – May 1801; agent, Cape of Good Hope 1799 – 1801, Ceylon 1801 – 04, 1807 – 23; sec. to treasury May 1804 – Feb. 1806, Apr. 1807 – Dec. 1809; PC 29 July 1814; commr. of woods, forests and land revenues Aug. 1814 – Feb. 1823; member, bd. of trade Dec. 1814, pres. Feb. 1823 – Sept. 1827; treas. of navy Feb. 1823 – Sept. 1827; sec. of state for war and colonies Sept. 1827 – May 1828.
Dir. Sun Fire Office 1814 – d.
There is no modern chronological biography of Huskisson. His life is treated kindly and thematically in A. Brady, William Huskisson and Liberal Reform (1928, 1967) and C.R. Fay, Huskisson and his Age (1951). Biographical articles of varying reliability are included in Huskisson Speeches ed. J. Wright, 3 vols. (1831) and Huskisson Pprs. ed. L. Melville (1931). B. Hilton, Corn, Cash, Commerce (1977) offers a detailed comprehensive survey of Huskisson’s economic policy. S. Garfield, The Last Journey of William Huskisson (2002), combines biographical information with an account of the construction and opening of the Liverpool-Manchester railway.
HUSKISSON, William (1770-1830)