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<div>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]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} The board was abolished in 1871 and replaced by the [[Local Government Board]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}<br />
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.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}<br />
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==Presidents of the Poor Law Board, 1847-1871==<br />
*[[Charles Buller]] 1847-1848<br />
*[[Matthew Talbot Baines]] 1849-1852<br />
*[[John Trollope, 1st Baron Kesteven|Sir John Trollope, Bt]] 1852<br />
*[[Matthew Talbot Baines]] 1852-1855<br />
*[[Edward Pleydell Bouverie]] 1855-1858<br />
*[[Thomas H. Sotheron-Estcourt|Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt]] 1858-1859<br />
*[[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond|Charles Gordon-Lennox]], [[Earl of March]] 1859<br />
*[[Charles Pelham Villiers]] 1859-1866<br />
*[[Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook|Gathorne Hardy]] 1866-1867<br />
*[[William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon]] 1867-1868<br />
*[[George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen|George Goschen]] 1868-1871<br />
*[[James Stansfeld]] 1871<br />
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==Parliamentary Secretaries to the Poor Law Board, 1847-1871==<br />
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*[[Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue|Viscount Ebrington]] 1847-1851<br />
*[[Ralph William Grey]] 1851-1852<br />
*[[Frederick Knight (MP)|Frederick Knight]] 1852<br />
*[[Grenville Berkeley]] 1853-1856<br />
*[[Ralph Grey (MP)|Ralph Grey]] 1856-1858<br />
*[[Frederick Knight (MP)|Frederick Knight]] 1858-1859<br />
*[[Charles Gilpin (politician)|Charles Gilpin]] 1859-1865<br />
*[[George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford|Viscount Enfield]] 1865-1866<br />
*[[Ralph Anstruther Earle]] 1866-1867<br />
*[[George Sclater-Booth, 1st Baron Basing|George Sclater-Booth]] 1867-1868<br />
*[[Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn|Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt]] 1868<br />
*[[Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel|Arthur Peel]] 1868-1871<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
''Una and Her Paupers'' [[Florence Nightingale]] & Anon, Diggory Press {{ISBN|978-1-905363-22-3}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite book|last=Rathbone|first=William |authorlink=William Rathbone VI|title=[[s:Local taxation and poor law administration in great cities|Local taxation and poor law administration in great cities]]|year=1869|publisher=J.B. Nichols and Sons|location=Westminster}}<br />
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