Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton
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The Right Honourable The Lord Taunton PC |
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Lord Taunton (1855) by Charles Baugniet.
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| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 29 August 1838 – 30 August 1841 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Melbourne |
| Preceded by | Charles Poulett Thomson |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Ripon |
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In office 22 July 1847 – 21 February 1852 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Clarendon |
| Succeeded by | J. W. Henley |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
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In office 21 November 1855 – 21 February 1858 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston |
| Preceded by | Sir William Molesworth, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Lord Stanley |
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15 August 1798 Over Stowey, Somerset |
| Died |
13 July 1869 (aged 70) Over Stowey, Somerset |
| Nationality | British |
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Whig Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Frances Baring (1813–1850) (2) Lady Mary Howard (d. 1892) |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton PC (15 August 1798 – 13 July 1869) was a prominent British Whig and Liberal Party politician of the mid-19th century.
Labouchere /læbuːˈʃɛər/ was born in Over Stowey, Somerset, into a Huguenot merchant family. His father was Peter Caesar Labouchere and his mother Dorothy Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Baring. He was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his B.A. (1821) and his M.A. (1828).
In 1826, Labouchere became MP for St Michael, as a Whig. In 1830, he moved to the Taunton seat, which he held until 1859. In 1835 he was opposed by Benjamin Disraeli for the Taunton seat; Labouchere won by 452 votes to 282. He was first appointed to office by Lord Grey in 1832, serving as Civil Lord of the Admiralty . After beginning the second Melbourne ministry as Master of the Mint, Privy Counsellor, and Vice-President of the Board of Trade (and, later, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies), Labouchere was raised to a cabinet post, President of the Board of Trade, which he held from 1839 until the Melbourne government fell in 1841.
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