Edward Pleydell-Bouverie
Edward Pleydell-Bouverie (born April 26, 1818 , † December 16, 1889 ) was a British lawyer and politician of the Whigs and most recently the Liberal Party , who represented the constituency of Kilmarnock Burghs as a member of the House of Commons between 1844 and 1874 and briefly in 1855 held the office of Paymaster General .
Life
Family background, studies and lawyer
Pleydell-Bouverie was the third of four children and the second son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor and his second wife Judith Anne St. John-Mildmay. His older brother Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie inherited the title of 4th Earl of Radnor after the death of his father.
After attending the renowned Harrow School, he himself began studying at Trinity College at the University of Cambridge , from which he graduated in 1838 with a Master of Arts (MA). After he was speechwriter for Secretary of State Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston between January and June 1840 , he completed a postgraduate study of law . After being admitted to the Bar ( Inns of Court of Inner Temple) , he began working as a barrister on January 27, 1843 .
Member of the House of Commons, Paymaster General and Minister of Welfare
His political career began Pleydell-Bouverie when he was elected as a candidate for the Whigs for the first time to the House of Commons on May 29, 1844 and represented the constituency of Kilmarnock Burghs until January 31, 1874 . In 1850 he took his first government post in the government of Prime Minister John Russell and served until February 23, 1852 as Under Secretary in the Ministry of the Interior ( Home Office ) .
From 1853 to 1855 he was Chair of Committees of Whole House, Chairman of the Committee of Committee Chairs of Parliament and Chairman of the influential Chairmen of Ways and Means , before joining Prime Minister Henry Temple's first cabinet in March 1855, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, for some time both paymaster General (paymaster General) and treasurer of the Navy (treasurer of the Navy) and Vice-Minister of Commerce (Vice-President of the Board of trade ) was. He was also a member of the Privy Council and a Fellow of the Royal Society . He then took over as part of a reshuffle in August 1855 successor to Matthew Talbot Baines the Office of the Minister of Welfare (President of the Poor Law Board) was devoted to the implementation of the 1834 adopted Poor Law (Poor Law) concerned.
Pleydell-Bouverie also acted between 1860 and 1865 as Vice Commissioner for the property of the Crown (2nd Crown Estates Commissioner) and most recently in 1882 as High Sheriff of the county of Wiltshire .
His marriage to Elizabeth Anne Balfour, a daughter of General Robert Balfour, 6th of Balbirnie , on November 1, 1842 resulted in three daughters and two sons.
Web links
- Edward Pleydell-Bouverie at Hansard (English)
- Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
- Rt. Hon. Edward Pleydell-Bouverie on thepeerage.com , accessed August 19, 2015.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Stanley |
Paymaster General 1855 |
Robert Lowe |
| Matthew Talbot Baines | President of the Poor Law Board 1855–1858 |
Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pleydell-Bouverie, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Liberal Party politician, Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1818 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1889 |