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HAMPDEN, See also:HENRY BOUVERIE See also:WILLIAM See also:BRAND, 1ST See also:VISCOUNT' (1812-1892), See also:speaker of the See also:House of See also:Commons, was the second son of the 21st See also:Baron Dacre, and descended from See also:John Hampden, the patriot, in the See also:female See also:line; the See also:barony of Dacre devolved on him in 189o, after he had been created Viscount Hampden in 1884. He entered See also:parliament as a Liberal in 1852, and for some See also:time was See also:chief See also:whip of his party. In 1872 he was elected speaker, and retained this See also:post till See also:February 1884. It See also:fell to him to See also:deal with the systematic obstruction of the Irish Nationalist party, and his speakership is memorable for his See also:action on the 2nd of February 1881 in refusing further debate on W. E. See also:Forster's See also:Coercion See also:Bill—a step which led to the formal introduction of the See also:closure into See also:parliamentary See also:procedure. He died on the 14th of See also:March 1892, being succeeded as 2nd viscount by his son (b. 1841), who was See also:governor of New See also:South See also:Wales, 1895–1899.

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