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President of the Local Government Board

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 took over supervisory functions from the Board of Trade and the Home Office, including the Local Government Act Office, which 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 and 1886
  • George Sclater-Booth 1874–1880
  • John George Dodson 1880–1882
  • Sir Charles Dilke, Bt 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

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