Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley

Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley

Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley (born February 22, 1794 , † December 28, 1888 in Hampshire ) was a British politician of the Whigs and speaker of the House of Commons .

Study and family

After schooling in Winchester , he studied law at Trinity College of the University of Cambridge . In 1819 he was admitted to the bar. His mother-in-law was the sister of Prime Minister Charles Gray, 2nd Earl Gray , who was instrumental in promoting his political career.

His younger brother Sir John Shaw-Lefevre was a co-founder of the University of London . His nephew George Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley , was also a long-time member of the House of Commons and between 1881 and 1895 several times a member of the Cabinet.

Political career

Member of the House of Commons

Shaw-Lefevre began his political career in 1830 with the election to the House of Commons. There he represented the interests of the Whigs of the constituency of Downton until 1831 . 1831 to 1832 he was a member of the House of Commons for the constituency of Hampshire for a short time , before he was then until 1857 for 25 years a member of the North Hampshire constituency.

Longstanding speaker of parliament and member of the upper house

In 1839 Shaw-Lefevre was elected to succeed James Abercromby as Speaker of the House of Commons. According to the entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica of 1911 , he exercised this office with a high reputation in the House of Commons because of his impartial fairness and the associated unique tact and courtesy. In 1857 he resigned from his position as speaker. Shaw-Lefevre was the speaker with the second longest tenure , with a term of 18 years after Arthur Onslow's 33-year tenure from 1728 to 1761. Successor as Speaker of the House of Commons was John Evelyn Denison .

After his resignation as speaker of parliament, he was traditionally elevated to the hereditary nobility . So he received in 1857 the title Viscount Eversley , of Heckfield in the County of Southampton , and as such belonged to the upper house ( House of Lords on).

Awards

On February 19, 1831 he was appointed Colonel of Honor of the North Hants Regiment of the Hampshire Yeomanry Carabiniers.

literature

• Eversley, Charles Shaw Lefevre, Viscount . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 10 : Evangelical Church - Francis Joseph I . London 1910, p. 10 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
• New speaker . In: Time magazine . July 2, 1928
• Britons Fooled . In: Time magazine . July 9, 1928

Web links

• Charles Shaw-Lefevre at Hansard (English)

Individual evidence

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