Poor Law Board

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. 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

• 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

• 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

• Una and Her Paupers Florence Nightingale & Anon, Diggory Press ISBN 978-1-905363-22-3

Further reading

• Rathbone, William (1869). Local taxation and poor law administration in great cities . Westminster: J.B. Nichols and Sons.

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