Local Government Board
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The Local Government Board was established in the United Kingdom in 1871, and its president was frequently a cabinet member thereafter. The position was abolished in 1919, following the First World War.

Presidents of the Local Government Board from 1871

• James Stansfeld 1871-1874
• George Sclater Booth 1874-1880
• John George Dodson 1880-1882
• Sir Charles Dilke 1882-1885
• Arthur James Balfour 1885-1886
• Joseph Chamberlain 1886
• James Stansfeld 1886
• Charles Thomson Ritchie 1886-1892
• Henry Hartley Fowler 1892-1894
• George John Shaw Lefevre 1894-1895
• Henry Chaplin 1895-1900
• Walter Hume Long 1900-1905
• Gerald William Balfour 1905
• John Burns 1905-1914
• Herbert Samuel 1914-1915
• Walter Hume Long 1915-1916
• ? 1916-1919
• Christopher Addison 1919

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