The Poor Law Board was established in the United Kingdom in 1847 as a successor body to the Poor Law Commission overseeing the administration of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834.[citation needed] The board was abolished in 1871 and replaced by the Local Government Board.[citation needed]The new body was headed by a president, and with the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Home Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer now added to the board as ex officio members.[citation needed]
Presidents of the Poor Law Board, 1847-1871
edit- Charles Buller 1847-1848
- Matthew Talbot Baines 1849-1852
- Sir John Trollope, Bt 1852
- Matthew Talbot Baines 1852-1855
- Edward Pleydell Bouverie 1855-1858
- Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt 1858-1859
- Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March 1859
- Charles Pelham Villiers 1859-1866
- Gathorne Hardy 1866-1867
- William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon 1867-1868
- George Goschen 1868-1871
- James Stansfeld 1871
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Poor Law Board, 1847-1871
edit- Viscount Ebrington 1847-1851
- Ralph William Grey 1851-1852
- Frederick Knight 1852
- Grenville Berkeley 1853-1856
- Ralph Grey 1856-1858
- Frederick Knight 1858-1859
- Charles Gilpin 1859-1865
- Viscount Enfield 1865-1866
- Ralph Anstruther Earle 1866-1867
- George Sclater-Booth 1867-1868
- Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt 1868
- Arthur Peel 1868-1871
Bibliography
editUna and Her Paupers Florence Nightingale & Anon, Diggory Press ISBN 978-1-905363-22-3
Further reading
edit- Rathbone, William (1869). . Westminster: J.B. Nichols and Sons.
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