The Lord Eversley | |
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First Commissioner of Works | |
In office 29 November 1881 – 13 February 1885 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | William Patrick Adam |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Rosebery |
In office 18 August 1892 – 10 March 1894 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | Hon. David Plunket |
Succeeded by | Herbert Gladstone |
Postmaster General | |
In office 7 November 1884 – 9 June 1885 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | Henry Fawcett |
Succeeded by | Lord John Manners |
President of the Local Government Board | |
In office 1894 – 21 June 1895 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Earl of Rosebery |
Preceded by | Henry Fowler |
Succeeded by | Henry Chaplin |
Personal details | |
Born | Battersea | 12 June 1831
Died | 19 April 1928 Kings Worthy, Hampshire | (aged 96)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal Party |
Spouse | Lady Constance Reynolds-Moreton (d. 1929) |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
George John Shaw Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley PC DL (12 June 1831 – 19 April 1928) was a British Liberal Party politician. In a ministerial career that spanned thirty years, he was twice First Commissioner of Works and also served as Postmaster General and President of the Local Government Board.