The President of the Local Government Board was a ministerial post, frequently a 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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The position was abolished in 1919, following the First World War, and the duties transferred to the new position of Minister of Health.

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

President of the Local Government Board
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Portrait Name
Honorifics & Constituency
Term of office Political party Government Ref
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:James Stansfeld.JPG The Right Honourable
James Stansfeld

MP for Halifax
August
1871
March
1874
Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Liberal Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Gladstone I citation CitationClass=web

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style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:George Sclater-Booth, Vanity Fair, 1874-08-08.jpg The Right Honourable
George Sclater-Booth

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MP for Northern Hampshire
March
1874
May
1880
Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Disraeli II <ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton.jpg The Right Honourable
John George Dodson

MP for Scarborough
May
1880
1882 Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Liberal rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Gladstone II <ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Charles Dilke 2.JPG The Right Honourable
Sir Charles Dilke

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MP for Chelsea
1882 1885 Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Liberal <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Arthur James Balfour00.jpg The Right Honourable
Arthur Balfour

MP for Manchester East
1885 1886 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Salisbury I <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Joseph Chamberlain in colour.jpg The Right Honourable
Joseph Chamberlain

MP for Birmingham West
1886 1886 Template:Party shading/Liberal Unionist | Liberal Unionist rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Gladstone III <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:James Stansfeld.JPG The Right Honourable
James Stansfeld

MP for Halifax
1886 1886 Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Liberal <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Charles Thomson Ritchie headshot.jpg The Right Honourable
Charles Ritchie

MP for Tower Hamlets, St George Division
1886 1892 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Salisbury II <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Portrait of Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton.jpg The Right Honourable
Henry Fowler

MP for Wolverhampton East
1892 1894 Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Liberal Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Gladstone IV <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:No image.svg The Right Honourable
George Shaw-Lefevre

MP for Bradford Central
1894 1895 Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Liberal Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Rosebery <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin, by Arthur Stockdale Cope.jpeg The Right Honourable
Henry Chaplin

MP for Sleaford
1895 1900 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) | [[Unionist government, 1895–1905|Salisbury
Template:Small]]
(Cons.Lib.U.)
<ref name="Hansard_list"/>
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long portrait.jpg The Right Honourable
Walter Long

MP for Bristol South
1900 1905 rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) | Balfour
(Cons.Lib.U.)
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:GeraldBalfour.jpg The Right Honourable
Gerald Balfour

MP for Leeds Central
1905 11 December
1905
Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:John Burns.jpg The Right Honourable
John Burns

MP for Battersea
11 December
1905
1914 rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Liberal
(Lib-Lab)
Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Campbell-Bannerman <ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>
rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | [[Liberal government, 1905–1915|Asquith
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style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Herbert Samuel.jpg The Right Honourable
Herbert Samuel

MP for Cleveland
1914 1915 Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Liberal <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long portrait.jpg The Right Honourable
Walter Long

MP for Strand
1915 1916 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) | Asquith Coalition
(Lib.Cons.Lab.)
<ref name="Hansard_list"/>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Portrait of Mr. D. A. Thomas.jpg The Right Honourable
The Lord Rhondda

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13 December
1916
1917 Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Liberal rowspan="4" Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) | Lloyd George
(I & II)

(Lib.Cons.Lab.)
<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham.jpg The Right Honourable
William Hayes Fisher

MP for Fulham
2 July
1917
1918 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative <ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Auckland Geddes.png The Right Honourable
Auckland Geddes

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MP for Basingstoke
1918 1919 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative <ref name="Hansard_list"/>
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | File:Dr. Christopher Addison (LOC) (16027831872).jpg The Right Honourable
Christopher Addison

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MP for Shoreditch
1919 1919 Template:Party shading/Liberal (UK) | Liberal
(Coalition)
<ref name="Hansard_list"/>

ReferencesEdit

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