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CARLINGFOBD, CHICHESTER SAMUEL FOR TESCUE, BARON (1823-1898), British statesman, belonged to a family long settled in Ireland, and became Liberal M.P. for Louth in 1847. He was junior lord of the treasury (1854), chief secretary for Ireland (1865) under Lord Russell and (186 7) under Gladstone, president of the board of trade (1871-74), lord privy seal (1881-83), and president of the council (1883-85) . He received a peerage in 1874. At first a warm supporter of Glad stone's Irish policy, he parted from him in 1885 on the Home Rule question.