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. The board was abolished in 1871 and replaced by the Local Government Board. 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.
Presidents of the Poor Law Board, 1847–1871 Charles Buller 1847–1848 Matthew Talbot Baines 1849–1852 Sir John Trollope, Bt 1852 Matthew Talbot Baines 1852–1855 Edward Pleydell Bouverie 1855–1858 Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt 1858–1859 Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March 1859 Charles Pelham Villiers 1859–1866 Gathorne Hardy 1866–1867 William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon 1867–1868 George Goschen 1868–1871 James Stansfeld 1871
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Poor Law Board, 1847–1871
Viscount Ebrington 1847–1851 Ralph William Grey 1851–1852 Frederick Knight 1852 Grenville Berkeley 1853–1856 Ralph Grey 1856–1858 Frederick Knight 1858–1859 Charles Gilpin 1859–1865 Viscount Enfield 1865–1866 Ralph Anstruther Earle 1866–1867 George Sclater-Booth 1867–1868 Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt 1868 Arthur Peel 1868–1871
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