The President of the Local Government Board was a ministerial post, frequently a Cabinet position, in the

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, established in 1871. The

Local Government Board The Local Government Board (LGB) was a British Government supervisory body overseeing local administration in England and Wales from 1871 to 1919. The LGB was created by the Local Government Board Act 1871 (C. 70) and took over the public health a ...

itself was established in 1871 and took over supervisory functions from the Board of Trade and the Home Office, including the Local Government Act Office, which had been established by the

Local Government Act 1858 Local boards or local boards of health were local authorities in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894. They were formed in response to cholera epidemics and were given powers to control sewers, clean the streets, regulate environmenta ...

, as well as the

Poor Law Board The Poor Law Board was established in the United Kingdom in 1847 as a successor body to the Poor Law Commission overseeing the administration of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. The new body was headed by a President, and with the Lord President of ...

, which it replaced. The position was abolished in 1919, following the

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, and the duties transferred to the new position of

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List of presidents of the Local Government Board (1871–1919)

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Poor Law in Britain and Ireland Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom 1871 establishments in the United Kingdom 1919 disestablishments in the United Kingdom