Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton

Henry de Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton PC ( born August 15, 1798 in Quantock Lodge, Over Stowey, Somerset, † July 13, 1869 ) was a British statesman.

Henry de Labouchere was the son of a French royalist and was educated at Winchester and Oxford. He made after the death of his father several long trips and in 1826, initially for the electoral district of Mitchell, two years later for Taunton, member of the House of Commons. From 1832 to November 1834, he was Lord of the Admiralty, 1835 Vice President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint of the Royal Mint, 1839 Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and until September 1841 Chairman of the Department of Commerce.

After the return of the Whigs to the government, he was from July 1846 to July 1847 Chief Secretary for Ireland. Then he again took over the chairmanship of the Board of Trade and led, after a further period of his party in opposition, in the first Cabinet Palmerston in November 1855 to 1858, the Office of the Colonial Secretary ( Secretary of State for the Colonies ). Labouchère always belonged to the Whigs, supported in particular the repeal of the Corn Laws and in 1859 for Baron Taunton, Taunton, of the County of Somerset, collected and moved so that in the House of Lords.

He died in 1869 without male heirs, whereupon the barony became extinct. Henry du Pré Labouchere was his nephew, and he inherited a portion of its assets.

  • Colonial Secretary (United Kingdom)
  • Liberal Party Member
  • Baron ( peer )
  • Member of the House of Lords
  • Master of the Mint
  • Briton
  • Born in 1798
  • Died in 1869
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