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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 453 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TAUNTON, See also:HENRY LABOUCHERE, See also:BARON (1798–1869) , See also:English politician, came of a See also:French Huguenot See also:family, which, on leaving See also:France, settled in See also:Holland. His See also:father, See also:Peter See also:Caesar Labouchere, See also:merchant, was a partner in the wealthy See also:Amsterdam banking See also:firm of See also:Hope & See also:Company;1 he went to live in See also:England, and married a daughter of See also:Sir See also:Francis See also:Baring. Henry was his See also:elder son, while a younger son, See also:John, was the father of the later well-known See also:Radical member of See also:parliament and proprietor of Truth, Henry Labouchere (b. 1831). He was educated at See also:Winchester and See also:Christ See also:Church, See also:Oxford, and entered the See also:House of See also:Commons as a Whig in 1826. From 183o to 1858 he sat for Taunton, See also:Somerset. After filling various See also:minor offices, he became See also:president of the See also:Board of See also:Trade in 1839-41; and in 1846 he was See also:chief secretary for See also:Ireland. In 1847–52 he was again president of the Board of Trade, and from 1855 to 1858 secretary of See also:state for the colonies. In 1859 he was created Baron Taunton, but on his See also:death, on the 13th of See also:July 1869, the See also:title became See also:extinct.

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