Algernon West

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name = Algernon Edward West

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caption = Sir Algernon West, from a drawing by The Marchioness of Granby
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birth_date = April 4, 1832
birth_place = 5 New Street, London
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known_for = Private Secretary to William Gladstone, 1861-1894
education =Eton, Christ Church, Oxford
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spouse = Mary Elizabeth Caroline West (1833-1894)
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children = Horace Charles George West (b. 1859), Reginald Jervoise West (1861-1921), Constance Mary West (b. 1862) [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p5181.htm#i51807 thePeerage.com - Person Page 5181 ] ] , Gilbert Richard West (1863-1892), Augustus William West (b. 1866)
parents = Martin John West (d. 1870) and Maria Walpole (d. 1870)
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Sir Algernon Edward West, GCB (1832–1921) [ [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101036835/ Oxford biography] ] 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 in 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.Fact|date=July 2007

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