Welcome to the MedLibrary.org Wikipedia Supplement on President of the Local Government Board -- Please Click to Return to Front Page

The President of the Local Government Board was a ministerial post, frequently a Cabinet position, in the United Kingdom, established in 1871. The Local Government Board itself was established in 1871 and was took in supervisory functions from the Board of Trade and the Home Office, including the Local Government Act Office that had been established by the Local Government Act 1858, as well as the Poor Law Board, which it replaced. [1]

The position was abolished in 1919, following the First World War, and the duties transferred to the new position of Minister of Health.

Presidents of the Local Government Board from 1871

• James Stansfeld 1871-1874
• George Sclater-Booth 1874-1880
• John George Dodson 1880-1882
• Sir Charles Dilke 1882-1885
• Arthur Balfour 1885-1886
• Joseph Chamberlain 1886
• James Stansfeld 1886
• Charles Thomson Ritchie 1886-1892
• Henry Fowler 1892-1894
• George Shaw-Lefevre 1894-1895
• Henry Chaplin 1895-1900
• Walter Long 1900-1905
• Gerald William Balfour 1905
• John Burns 1905-1914
• Herbert Samuel 1914-1915
• Walter Long 1915-1916
• William Hayes Fisher 1916-1918
• Auckland Geddes 1918-1919
• Christopher Addison 1919

v • d • e The evolution of the Poor Law and poor relief in Britain The Tudor Poor Law Origins of the Poor Law system The Old Poor Law The Old Poor Law • Settlements Acts• Knatchbull's Act • Gilbert's Act • House of Correction • Overseer of the Poor • Poor rate Relief Systems Indoor relief • Workhouse • Outdoor relief • Speenhamland • Labour Rate • Roundsman Classifications of Poor Able bodied poor • Idle poor • Impotent poor Poor Law Amendment Act 1832 Commission • PLAA • Less eligibility • Workhouse • Workhouse test • Board of Guardians • Outdoor Labour Test Order • Outdoor Relief Prohibitory Order Opposition Anti-Poor Law League • Book of Murder • Opposition After the Poor Law Amendment Act Poor Law Commission • Poor Law Board • Local Government Board • Andover workhouse scandal • Union Chargeability Act Liberal reforms Royal Commission • Majority Report • Minority Report • Liberal reforms

-

This article related to government in the United Kingdom or its constituent countries is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Wikipedia content modification information:

• This page was last modified on 16 August 2008, at 15:16.

Wikipedia Authorship and Review

Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.

Wikipedia Usage Guidelines

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "President of the Local Government Board".

The URL for this specific entry is:

• http://medlibrary.org/medwiki/President_of_the_Local_Government_Board

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.