Poor Law Board

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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]} The board was abolished in 1871 and replaced by the Local Government Board.^{[citation needed]} 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]}

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

Bibliography

Una and Her Paupers Florence Nightingale & Anon, Diggory Press ISBN 978-1-905363-22-3

v t e Poor laws of the British Isles
Poor laws by territory	England and Wales Scotland Ireland Isle of Man	Nantwich workhouse
Old Poor Law	Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494 Tudor poor laws Poor Relief Act 1597 Poor Relief Act 1601 Poor Relief Act 1662 Relief of the Poor Act 1696 Poor Relief Act 1722 Relief of the Poor Act 1782 House of correction Overseer of the poor Poor rate Poor relief Buttock mail
Relief systems	Outdoor relief Speenhamland Labour Rate Roundsman Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor
New Poor Law	Royal commission (1832) Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845 Less eligibility Workhouse Workhouse test Board of guardians Outdoor Labour Test Order Outdoor Relief Prohibitory Order Poor law unions Opposition Book of Murder Scottish poorhouse
Changes after 1834	Poor Law Commission Poor Law Board Local Government Board Andover workhouse scandal Huddersfield workhouse scandal Union Chargeability Act
Decline and abolition	Liberal welfare reforms Royal Commission (1905–09) Majority Report Minority Report Interwar poverty National Assistance Act 1948
Other	Christmas Day in the Workhouse Historiography of the Poor Laws Timeline of the English Poor Law system Poor Relief Act List of poor law unions in England List of poor law unions in Wales List of Irish poor law unions

Presidents of the Poor Law Board, 1847-1871

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Poor Law Board, 1847-1871

Bibliography

Further reading