Editing Henry Labouchère (section)

==Early life==
Labouchère was born in London to a family of [[Huguenot]] extraction,{{#tag:ref|The family name is variously given as '''Labouchère''' or '''Labouchere'''; both he and other members of his family used both forms during his lifetime.|group=n}} the eldest of three sons and six daughters<ref name=odnb/> of John Peter Labouchère (d. 1863) and Mary Louisa ''née'' Du Pré (1799–1863). John, who settled at [[Broome Hall]],{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} was a partner in the banking house of [[Thomas Hope (banker, born 1769)|Thomas Hope]], and then in [[Williams Deacon's Bank|Deacon's]]; his uncle, also called [[Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton|Henry Labouchère]] (d. 1869), entered politics and served in Parliament from 1826 to 1859, when he was made a peer as Baron Taunton. Despite disapproving of Labouchère, his uncle helped the young man's early career and left him a sizeable inheritance when he died leaving no male heir.<ref name=odnb>{{cite odnb|year=2009|origyear=2004| last=Sidebotham| first=Herbert|first2=H. C. G.|last2=Matthew|id=34367|title=Labouchere, Henry Du Pré (1831–1912)}}</ref> His grandfather Pierre (Peter) César Labouchère was also a partner in Hope's, and married a daughter of [[Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet|Sir Francis Baring]]. His mother Mary was from an English [[nabob]] family,<ref>Thorold, p. 16</ref> the daughter of [[James Du Pré]] MP, a nephew of [[James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon|Lord Caledon]], and his wife Madeline Maxwell, a niece of the [[Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon|Duchess of Gordon]].{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Labouchère was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]],<ref>{{acad|id=LBCR850HD|name=Labouchere, Henry Dupré}}</ref> where, he later said, he "diligently attended the racecourse at Newmarket", losing £6,000 in gambling in two years.<ref>Thorold, p. 22</ref>{{refn|Labouchère remained an avid gambler and is credited with devising the [[Labouchere system]], a betting strategy for organising play at roulette and other games of chance.<ref>Holmes, Luke. [https://www.roulettesites.org/strategies/labouchere "The Labouchere System – Analysis & Review"], Roulettesites.org., accessed 17 June 2021</ref>|group=n}} He was accused of cheating in an examination, and his degree was withheld.<ref>Thorold, p. 26</ref> Leaving Cambridge, he was sent to South America to look after family business interests there; however, he ended up working in a [[circus troupe]] in Mexico and lived for several months in an [[Ojibwe]] camp near Minneapolis.<ref name=odnb/>