Henry Labouchère

Henry du Pré Labouchere ( born November 9, 1831 in London, † January 15, 1912 in Florence) was a British politician.

Labouchere was radical Member of Parliament for Northampton and from 1854 to 1864 in the English diplomatic service. Since then, he was a journalist and author of the first 1870-71 published by the Daily News diary of a besieged Paris ( German, Leipzig, 1871) and editor of the satirical weekly magazine Truth. He has subsequently excelled by his lively participation in the Irish obstruction efforts in the House. He also supported William Ewart Gladstone.

A popular game system in roulette bears his name, see Labouchère.

He was related to Henry de Labouchere, Lord Taunton.

• Briton
• Member of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
• Journalist
• Politicians (19th Century )
• Politicians ( 20th century)
• Born in 1831
• Died in 1912
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