Sir Algernon Edward West, GCB (1832–1921) was Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Gladstone. From 1880, he lived at the manor at Wanborough, Surrey. West entertained many political figures at the manor including Gladstone, Queen Victoria and Bismarck. West was also a director of the South Eastern Railway and he caused a new station, named Wanborough but actually at Normandy, to be opened in 1891. In 1900, Wanborough Manor was passed onto Asquith until he became Prime Minister.

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  • Sir Algernon Edward West, GCB (1832–1921) was Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Gladstone. From 1880, he lived at the manor at Wanborough, Surrey. West entertained many political figures at the manor including Gladstone, Queen Victoria and Bismarck. West was also a director of the South Eastern Railway and he caused a new station, named Wanborough but actually at Normandy, to be opened in 1891. In 1900, Wanborough Manor was passed onto Asquith until he became Prime Minister. In 1908, West returned to stay in the manor until his death in 1921. West also had a lifelong fascination with various forms of insect life, and had a collection of considerable size, comprising mainly beetles and wasps.
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  • Sir Algernon West, from a drawing by The Marchioness of Granby
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  • Horace Charles George West (b. 1859) Reginald Jervoise West (1861-1921) Constance Mary West (b. 1862) Gilbert Richard West (1863-1892) Augustus William West (b. 1866)
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  • April 4, 1832
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  • Private Secretary to William Gladstone, 1861-1894
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  • Algernon Edward West
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  • Martin John West (d. 1870) and Maria Walpole (d. 1870)
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  • Mary Elizabeth Caroline West (1833-1894)
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  • Sir Algernon Edward West, GCB (1832–1921) was Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Gladstone. From 1880, he lived at the manor at Wanborough, Surrey. West entertained many political figures at the manor including Gladstone, Queen Victoria and Bismarck. West was also a director of the South Eastern Railway and he caused a new station, named Wanborough but actually at Normandy, to be opened in 1891. In 1900, Wanborough Manor was passed onto Asquith until he became Prime Minister.
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