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The '''President of the Local Government Board''' was a ministerial post, frequently a [[Cabinet (government)|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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dur.ac.uk/alan.heesom/localgovernmentseminar.htm |title=Untitled Document |access-date=2005-12-29 |archive-date=2006-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517031344/http://www.dur.ac.uk/alan.heesom/localgovernmentseminar.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The position was abolished in 1919, following the [[World War I|First World War]], and the duties transferred to the new position of [[Secretary of State for Health|Minister of Health]].

==List of presidents of the Local Government Board (1871–1919)==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:Center"
|+President of the Local Government Board
! colspan=8 | {{Legend2|{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}|[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{nb5}}{{Legend2|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{nb5}}{{Legend2|{{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}|[[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
|-
! colspan=2 | Portrait
! Name<br /><small>Constituency</small>
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Political party
! Government
! <abbr title="Reference">Ref</abbr>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:James Stansfeld.JPG|75px]]
| '''[[James Stansfeld]]'''<br /><small>MP for [[Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)|Halifax]]</small>
| <small>August</small><br />1871
| <small>March</small><br />1874
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[First Gladstone ministry|Gladstone I]]
| <ref name="Hansard_list">{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/offices/president-of-the-board-of-local-government |title=President of the Board of Local Government |website=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |access-date=8 August 2017}}</ref><br /><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23769 |date=22 August 1871 |page=3688 }}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:George Sclater-Booth, Vanity Fair, 1874-08-08.jpg|75px]]
| [[George Sclater-Booth, 1st Baron Basing|'''George Sclater-Booth''']]<br /><small>MP for [[North Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Northern Hampshire]]</small>
| <small>March</small><br />1874
| <small>May</small><br />1880
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Disraeli ministry|Disraeli II]]
| <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=8456 |date=6 March 1874 |page=149 }}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton.jpg|75px]]
| [[John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton|'''John George Dodson''']]<br /><small>MP for [[Scarborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Scarborough]]</small>
| <small>May</small><br />1880
| 1882
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Second Gladstone ministry|Gladstone II]]
| <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=24841 |date=4 May 1880 |page=2836 }}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Charles Dilke 2.JPG|75px]]
| [[Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet|Sir '''Charles Dilke''']]<br>2nd<small> Baronet</small><br /><small>MP for [[Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelsea]]</small>
| 1882
| 1885
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Arthur James Balfour00.jpg|75px]]
| '''[[Arthur Balfour]]'''<br /><small>MP for [[Manchester East (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester East]]</small>
| 1885
| 1886
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[First Salisbury ministry|Salisbury I]]
| <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |
| [[File:Joseph Chamberlain in colour.jpg|75px]]
| '''[[Joseph Chamberlain]]'''<br /><small>MP for [[Birmingham West (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham West]]</small>
| 1886
| 1886
| {{Party shading/Liberal Unionist}} | [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]]
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Third Gladstone ministry|Gladstone III]]
| <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:James Stansfeld.JPG|75px]]
| '''[[James Stansfeld]]'''<br /><small>MP for [[Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)|Halifax]]</small>
| 1886
| 1886
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Charles Thomson Ritchie headshot.jpg|75px]]
| [[Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee|'''Charles Ritchie''']]<br /><small>MP for [[St George (UK Parliament constituency)|Tower Hamlets, St George Division]]</small>
| 1886
| 1892
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Salisbury ministry|Salisbury II]]
| <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Portrait of Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton.jpg|75px]]
| [[Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton|'''Henry Fowler''']]<br /><small>MP for [[Wolverhampton East (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton East]]</small>
| 1892
| 1894
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal government, 1892–1895|Gladstone IV]]
| <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
| [[George Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley|'''George Shaw-Lefevre''']]<br /><small>MP for [[Bradford Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford Central]]</small>
| 1894
| 1895
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal government, 1892–1895|Rosebery]]
| <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin, by Arthur Stockdale Cope.jpeg|75px]]
| [[Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin|'''Henry Chaplin''']]<br /><small>MP for [[Sleaford (UK Parliament constituency)|Sleaford]]</small>
| 1895
| 1900
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Unionist government, 1895–1905|Salisbury<br />{{small|(III & IV)}}]]<br /><small>(''[[Conservative Party (UK)|Cons.]]–[[Liberal Unionist Party|Lib.U.]]'')</small>
| <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long portrait.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long|'''Walter Long''']]<br /><small>MP for [[Bristol South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol South]]</small>
| rowspan="2" | 1900
| rowspan="2" | 1905
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan="2" | <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Unionist government, 1895–1905|Balfour]]<br /><small>(''[[Conservative Party (UK)|Cons.]]–[[Liberal Unionist Party|Lib.U.]]'')</small>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:GeraldBalfour.jpg|75px]]
| [[Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour|'''Gerald Balfour''']]<br /><small>MP for [[Leeds Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds Central]]</small>
| 1905
| <small>11 December</small><br />1905
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
| rowspan="2"  style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[File:John Burns.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" | '''[[John Burns]]'''<br /><small>MP for [[Battersea (UK Parliament constituency)|Battersea]]</small>
| rowspan="2" | <small>11 December</small><br />1905
| rowspan="2" | 1914
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<br /><small>[[Liberal-Labour (UK)|(Lib-Lab)]]</small>
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal government, 1905–1915|Campbell-Bannerman]]
| rowspan="2" | <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27863 |date=12 December 1905 |page=8897 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal government, 1905–1915|Asquith<br />{{small|(I&ndash;III)}}]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Herbert Samuel.jpg|75px]]
| [[Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel|'''Herbert Samuel''']]<br /><small>MP for [[Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)|Cleveland]]</small>
| 1914
| 1915
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long portrait.jpg|75px]]
| [[Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long|'''Walter Long''']]<br /><small>MP for [[Strand (UK Parliament constituency)|Strand]]</small>
| 1915
| 1916
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Asquith coalition ministry|Asquith Coalition]]<br /><small>(''[[Liberal Party (UK)|Lib.]]–[[Conservative Party (UK)|Cons.]]–[[Labour Party (UK)|Lab.]]'')</small>
| <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Portrait of Mr. D. A. Thomas.jpg|75px]]
| [[David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda|'''David Alfred Thomas''']]<br><small>1st</small> Baron Rhondda<br />
| <small>13 December</small><br />1916
| 1917
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Lloyd George ministry|Lloyd George<br /><small>(I & II)</small>]]<br /><small>(''[[Liberal Party (UK)|Lib.]]–[[Conservative Party (UK)|Cons.]]–[[Labour Party (UK)|Lab.]]'')</small>
| <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29865 |date=15 December 1916 |page=12225 }}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham.jpg|75px]]
| [[William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham|'''William Hayes Fisher''']]<br /><small>MP for [[Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)|Fulham]]</small>
| <small>2 July</small><br />1917
| 1918
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=13110 |date=6 July 1917 |page=1279 }}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Auckland Geddes.png|75px]]
| [[Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes|'''Auckland Geddes''']]<br /><small>MP for [[Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency)|Basingstoke]]</small>
| 1918
| 1919
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Dr. Christopher Addison (LOC) (16027831872).jpg|75px]]
| [[Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison|'''Christopher Addison''']]<br /><small>MP for [[Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)|Shoreditch]]</small>
| 1919
| 1919
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<br />[[Coalition Coupon|<small>(Coalition)</small>]]
| <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
|-
|}

==References==
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{{Poor Law}}

[[Category:Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom|Health]]
[[Category:Poor Law in Britain and Ireland]]
[[Category:Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1871 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1919 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]]