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See also:EVERSLEY, See also:CHARLES See also:SHAW LEFEVRE , See also:ViscouNT (1794-'888), See also:speaker of the See also:British See also:House of See also:Commons, eldest son of Mr Charles Shaw (who assumed his wife's name of Lefevre in addition to his own on his See also:marriage), was See also:born in See also:London on the 22nd of See also:February 1794, and educated at See also:Winchester and at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge. He was called to the See also:bar in 1819, and though a diligent student was also a keen sportsman. Marrying a daughter of Mr See also:Samuel See also:Whitbread, whose wife was the See also:sister of See also:Earl See also:Grey, afterwards premier, he thus becameconnected with two influential See also:political families, and in 1839 he entered the House of Commons as member for Downton, in the Liberal See also:interest. In 1831 he was returned, after' a severe contest, as one of the See also:county members for See also:Hampshire, in which he resided; and after the passing of the Reform See also:Act of 1832 he was elected for the See also:Northern See also:Division of the county. For some years Mr Shaw Lefevre was chairman of a See also:committee on petitions for private bills. In 1835 he was chairman of a committee on agricultural See also:distress, but as his See also:report was not accepted by the House, he published it as a pamphlet addressed to his constituents. He acquired a high reputation in the House of Commons for his judicial fairness, combined with singular tact and See also:courtesy, and when Mr See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Abercromby retired in 1839, he was nominated as the Liberal See also:candidate for the See also:chair. The Conservatives put foesvard See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Goulburn, but Mr Shaw Lefevre was elected by 317 votes to 299. The See also:period was one of fierce party conflict, and the debates were frequently very acrimonious; but the dignity, See also:temper and firmness of the new speaker were never at See also:fault. In 1857 he had served longer than any of his predecessors, except the celebrated See also:Arthur See also:Onslow (1691-1768), who was speaker for more than 33 years in five successive parliaments. Retiring on a See also:pension, he was raised to the See also:peerage as Viscount Eversley of Heckfield, in the county of See also:Southampton. His appearances in the House of Lords were very infrequent, but in his own county he was active in the public service. From 1859 he was an ecclesiastical See also:commissioner, and he was also appointed a trustee of the British Museum. He died on the 28th of See also:December 1888, the viscountcy becoming See also:extinct.
His younger See also:brother, See also:Sir See also:JOHN See also:GEORGE SHAW LEFEVRE (1797-1879), who was See also:senior wrangler at Cambridge in 1818, had a See also:long and distinguished career as a public See also:official. He was under-secretary for the colonies, and had much to do with the introduction of the new poor See also:law in 1834, and with the See also:foundation of the See also:colony of See also:South See also:Australia; then having served on several important commissions he was made clerk of the parliaments in 1855, and in the same See also:year became one of the first See also:civil service commissioners. He helped to found the university of London, of which he was See also:vice-See also:chancellor for twenty years, and also the See also:Athenaeum See also:Club. He died on the 20th of See also:August 1879.
The latter's son, GEORGE JOHN SHAW LEFEVRE (b. 1832), was created See also:Baron Eversley in 'gob, in recognition of long and prominent services to the Liberal party. He had filled the following offices:—civil See also:lord of the See also:admiralty, 1856; secretary to the See also:board of See also:trade, 1869-1871; under-secretary, See also:home See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, 1871; secretary to the admiralty, 1871-1874; first commissioner of See also:works, 1881-1883; postmaster-See also:general, 1883-1884; first commissioner of works, 1892-1893; See also:president of See also:local See also:government board, 1894-1895; chairman of royal See also:commission on See also:agriculture, 1893-1896.
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