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The '''Poor Law Board''' was established in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1834]] to administer the [[Poor law|Poor Law]] just passed. It included three commissioners. In [[1847]] the Board was reconfigured, now being led by a '''President''', and with the [[Lord President of the Council]], the [[Lord Privy Seal]], the [[Secretary of State for the Home Department|Home Secretary]] and the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] now added to the board as ''ex officio'' members. The board was abolished in [[1871]] and replaced by the [[President of the Local Government Board|Local Government 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]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} The board was abolished in 1871 and replaced by the [[Local Government Board]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
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|date=December 2023}}

==Poor Law Commissioners, 1834-1847==
*[[Thomas Frankland Lewis]] 1834-1839
*[[John George Shaw Lefevre]] 1834-1841
*[[George Nicholls]] 1834-1847
*[[George Cornewall Lewis]] 1839-1847
*Sir [[Edmund Walker Head]] 1841-1847
*[[Edward Turner Boyd Twistleton]] 1845-1847


==Presidents of the Poor Law Board, 1847-1871==
==Presidents of the Poor Law Board, 1847-1871==
*[[Charles Buller]] 1847-1849
*[[Charles Buller]] 1847-1848
*[[Matthew Talbot Baines]] 1849-1852
*[[Matthew Talbot Baines]] 1849-1852
*Sir [[John Trollope (politician)|John Trollope]] 1852
*[[John Trollope, 1st Baron Kesteven|Sir John Trollope, Bt]] 1852
*[[Matthew Talbot Baines]] 1852-1855
*[[Matthew Talbot Baines]] 1852-1855
*[[Edward Pleydell Bouverie]] 1855-1858
*[[Edward Pleydell Bouverie]] 1855-1858
*[[Thomas Sotheron Escourt]] 1858-1859
*[[Thomas H. Sotheron-Estcourt|Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt]] 1858-1859
*[[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond|Charles Gordon-Lennox]], [[Earl of March]] 1859
*[[Charles Pelham Villiers]] 1859-1866
*[[Charles Pelham Villiers]] 1859-1866
*[[Gathorne Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook|Gathorne Hardy]] 1866-1867
*[[Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook|Gathorne Hardy]] 1866-1867
*[[William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon]] 1867-1868
*[[William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon]] 1867-1868
*[[George Joachim Goschen]] 1868-1871
*[[George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen|George Goschen]] 1868-1871
*[[James Stansfeld]] 1871
*[[James Stansfeld]] 1871

==Parliamentary Secretaries to the Poor Law Board, 1847-1871==

*[[Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue|Viscount Ebrington]] 1847-1851
*[[Ralph William Grey]] 1851-1852
*[[Frederick Knight (MP)|Frederick Knight]] 1852
*[[Grenville Berkeley]] 1853-1856
*[[Ralph Grey (MP)|Ralph Grey]] 1856-1858
*[[Frederick Knight (MP)|Frederick Knight]] 1858-1859
*[[Charles Gilpin (politician)|Charles Gilpin]] 1859-1865
*[[George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford|Viscount Enfield]] 1865-1866
*[[Ralph Anstruther Earle]] 1866-1867
*[[George Sclater-Booth, 1st Baron Basing|George Sclater-Booth]] 1867-1868
*[[Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn|Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt]] 1868
*[[Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel|Arthur Peel]] 1868-1871

==Bibliography==
''Una and Her Paupers'' [[Florence Nightingale]] & Anon, Diggory Press {{ISBN|978-1-905363-22-3}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last=Rathbone|first=William |authorlink=William Rathbone VI|title=[[s:Local taxation and poor law administration in great cities|Local taxation and poor law administration in great cities]]|year=1869|publisher=J.B. Nichols and Sons|location=Westminster}}

{{Poor Law}}

[[Category:Poor Law in Britain and Ireland]]
[[Category:19th century in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1847 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1871 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]]

Latest revision as of 20:08, 17 April 2024

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]

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Poor Law Board, 1847-1871[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

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