Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley
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Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley (22 February 1794 - 28 December 1888), Speaker of the British House of Commons 1839-57, was educated at Winchester and Trinity College Cambridge. He was the son-in-law of the sister of Earl Grey, the Whig Prime Minister, which advanced his career greatly. A Whig, he was MP for Downton 1830-31, for Hampshire 1831-32, and for North Hampshire 1832-57, when he was created Viscount Eversley. He acquired, says the Encyclopaedia Britannica, "a high reputation in the House of Commons for his judicial fairness, combined with singular tact and courtesy." By 1857 he was second-longest-serving Speaker ever, after Arthur Onslow, who held the post for more than 33 years. He lived at Heckfield Place in Hampshire. His younger brother, Sir John Shaw-Lefevre, was a senior civil servant and one of the founders of the University of London. His nephew, George, was a Liberal politician.
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Preceded by: James Abercromby |
Speaker of the House of Commons 1839–1857 |
Succeeded by: John Evelyn Denison |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by: New Creation |
Viscount Eversley 1857–1888 |
Succeeded by: Extinct |
Categories: 1794 births | 1888 deaths | Speakers of the British House of Commons | Old Wykehamists | Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge | Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from English constituencies | UK Whig politicians | UK MPs 1830-1831 | UK MPs 1831-1832 | UK MPs 1832-1835 | UK MPs 1835-1837 | UK MPs 1837-1841 | UK MPs 1841-1847 | UK MPs 1847-1852 | UK MPs 1852-1857