Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith
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The Right Honourable The Lord Courtney of Penwith PC |
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| Chairman of Ways and Means | |
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In office 1886–1893 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Arthur Otway |
| Succeeded by | John William Mellor |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 6 May 1882 – 12 December 1884 |
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| Preceded by | Lord Frederick Cavendish |
| Succeeded by | J. T. Hibbert |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
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In office 26 June 1881 – 6 May 1882 |
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| Preceded by | M. E. Grant Duff |
| Succeeded by | Evelyn Ashley |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | |
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In office 1881 – 26 June 1881 |
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| Preceded by | Lord Peel |
| Succeeded by | Lord Rosebery |
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Member of Parliament for Bodmin Liskeard (1876–1885) |
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In office 22 December 1876 – 26 September 1900 |
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| Preceded by | Edward Horsman |
| Succeeded by | Sir Lewis Molesworth |
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| Born | 6 July 1832 Penzance, Cornwall, England |
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11 May 1918 (aged 85) Chelsea, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Courtney (m. 1883) |
| Alma mater |
St John's College, Cambridge Lincoln's Inn |
Leonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith PC (6 July 1832 – 11 May 1918) was a British politician, academic and man of letters. He was a member of William Ewart Gladstone's second administration from 1880 to 1883 and served as Chairman of Ways and Means (Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons) between 1886 and 1893.
Courtney was born at Penzance, Cornwall, the eldest son of John Sampson Courtney, a banker, and Sarah, daughter of John Mortimer. Two of his brothers, John Mortimer Courtney (1838–1920), and William Prideaux Courtney (1845–1913), also attained public distinction, the former in the government service in Canada (from 1869, retiring in 1906), rising to be deputy-minister of finance, and the latter in the British civil service (1865–1892), and as a prominent man of letters and bibliographer. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was Second Wrangler and first Smith's prizeman, and elected a fellow of his college. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1858. From 1872 to 1875 he was professor of political economy at University College, London. He was president of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall from 1881-82.
In December 1876, after a previous unsuccessful attempt, Courtney was elected to parliament for Liskeard as a Liberal. He continued to represent the borough, and Bodmin into which it was merged by the Reform Act of 1885, until 1900, when his attitude towards the South African War (he and his wife Catherine were one of the foremost of the so-called Pro-Boer Party) compelled his retirement.
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