Matthew Talbot Baines
The Viscount Palmerston | |
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| Preceded by | The Earl of Harrowby |
| Succeeded by | The Duke of Montrose |
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| Born | 17 February 1799 Whig, Liberal |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Matthew Talbot Baines 1855 to 1858 administration.
Background and education
Born at Leeds, Yorkshire, Baines was the eldest son of Edward Baines, a noted journalist and minor politician, by Charlotte, daughter of Matthew Talbot.[1] Sir Edward Baines was his younger brother. He was educated at Richmond School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1820.[2]
Legal and political career
Baines was
coalition government headed by Lord Aberdeen
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Baines remained as head of the Poor Law Board when
He retired from public life in April 1859 on grounds of ill-health.Personal life
In 1833, Baines married the only daughter of Lazarus Threlfall.[1] He died in January 1860, at the age of 60.
References
- ^ a b c Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 100.
- ^ "Baines, Matthew Talbot (BNS815MT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Horncastle to Hythe". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Ladywood to Leek". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 20932". The London Gazette. 2 January 1849. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 21004". The London Gazette. 31 July 1849. p. 2389.
- ^ "No. 21397". The London Gazette. 31 December 1852. p. 3939.
- ^ "No. 21827". The London Gazette. 11 December 1855. p. 4675.
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