George Shaw-Lefevre

Mr George John Shaw-Lefevre

Rush ID: 845

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Details

Born:
12 June 1831
Died:
19 April 1928
Birth place:
UK
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
Unknown
Religion:
Unknown
Aristocratic connections:
false
Formative occupation:
Barrister / Advocate
Election occupation:
Barrister / Advocate
Parentage:
Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre and Rachel Emily Wright
Notes:
None
Knighthood/Dame:
False
Highest Office:
Cabinet minister
Who's Who volume:
2
Education level:
Graduate

References

Rush ID:
845
MNIS ID:
Not set
Wikidata Entity ID:
Q5544472
Parliament ID:
Not set
Beamish Person ID:
Not set

Name changes

  1. SHAW-LEFEVRE, George (1831-1928)

Peerages

  1. 1st Baron Eversley

    New hereditary

    1906

Constituencies

  1. Bradford Central

    Party: Liberal
    Year of election: 1886*
    Date of election: 21 April 1886
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: Re-entry
    Year of exit: 1895
    Date of exit: 13 July 1895
    Party: Liberal
    Nature of exit: Electoral defeat
    Sponsorship: None known
    Constituency connections: None known
    Notes: None

  2. Reading

    Party: Liberal
    Year of election: 1863*
    Date of election: 17 October 1863
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: First entry
    Year of exit: 1885
    Date of exit: 24 November 1885
    Party: Liberal
    Nature of exit: Electoral defeat
    Sponsorship: None known
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Notes: None

Ministerial offices

  1. Lord of the Admiralty 1866

    May-July 1866

  2. Parliamentary Secretary 1868-1871

    Board of Trade

  3. Under-Secretary 1871

    January-March 1871; Home Office

  4. Secretary to the Admiralty 1871-1874

  5. Secretary to the Admiralty 1880

    April-November 1880

  6. First Commissioner of Works 1880-

  7. Postmaster-General 1884-1885

  8. First Commissioner of Works 1892-1894

  9. President of the Board of Local Government 1894-1895

Higher education

  1. Trinity College

    Graduated

Schools

  1. Eton College

Marriages

  1. Moreton, Lady Constance Emily

    Year: 1874

Relationships

  1. Related by marriage to Henry Moreton

  2. Nephew of Charles Shaw-Lefevre

Parties

  1. Liberal Party member

Local governments

  1. London County Council

    Member

    1897-

Clubs

  1. Athenaeum

  2. Brooks's Club