Robert Lowe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRobert Lowe
British statesman and colonial Australian politician
Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1811
Place of Birth: Bingham, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 27-Jul-1892
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Robert Lowe
- Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, GCB, PC (4 December 1811 – 27 July 1892), British statesman, was a pivotal but often forgotten figure who shaped British politics in the latter half of the 19th century.
- He held office under William Ewart Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1868 and 1873 and as Home Secretary between 1873 and 1874.
- Lowe is remembered for his work in education policy, his opposition to electoral reform and his contribution to modern UK company law.
- Gladstone appointed Lowe as Chancellor expecting him to hold down public spending.
- Public spending rose, and Gladstone pronounced Lowe "wretchedly deficient"; most historians agree.
- Lowe repeatedly underestimated the revenue, enabling him to resist demands for tax cuts and to reduce the national debt instead.
- He insisted that the tax system be fair to all classes.
- By his own main criterion of fairness – that the balance between direct and indirect taxation remain unchanged – he succeeded.
- However historians do not believe this balance is a good measure of class incidence and was by that time thoroughly archaic.
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| Date of birth/death | 23 February 1817 | 1 June 1904 | |
| Location of birth/death | London | Limnerslease bei Compton (Surrey) | |
| Work location | London, Florence, Paris, Konstantinopel | ||
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