George Sclater-Booth, 1st Baron Basing
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George Sclater-Booth, 1st Baron Basing (19 May 1826 – 22 October 1894), known as George Sclater-Booth before 7 July 1887, was a British Conservative politician. He was elected as a MP in 1857 for North Hampshire, which constituency he would represent until 1885, when the constituency was divided. He was then returned for Basingstoke, one of the new divisions of the his old constituency, for which he sat until being made a peer in 1887.
His first position in government was that of Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board in Lord Derby's third and final ministry, replacing Ralph Anstruther Earle (formerly Disraeli's private secretary), who had resigned over the Reform Bill of 1867. He later held the minor post of Financial Secretary to the Treasury in Benjamin Disraeli's short-lived 1868 government. When the Conservatives returned to power in 1874 he was made President of the Local Government Board, which post he held until the fall of the government in 1880. He was created Baron Basing in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1887.
His brother was the naturalist Philip Lutley Sclater.
[edit] References
- Blake, Robert (1966). Disraeli, New York: St Martin's Press. ISBN 0-19-832903-2.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Charles Shaw-Lefevre James Scott |
Member of Parliament for North Hampshire 1857–1885 |
Succeeded by Constituency divided |
| Preceded by None |
Member of Parliament for Basingstoke 1885–1887 |
Succeeded by Arthur Jeffreys |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Ralph Anstruther Earle |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board 1867–1868 |
Succeeded by Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt |
| Preceded by George Ward Hunt |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1868 |
Succeeded by Acton Ayrton |
| Preceded by James Stansfeld |
President of the Local Government Board 1874–1880 |
Succeeded by John George Dodson |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New Creation |
Baron Basing 1887–1894 |
Succeeded by George Sclater-Booth |
