Henry Fawcett

The Right Honourable
Henry Fawcett
Henry Fawcett and Millicent Garrett Fawcett by Ford Madox Brown, 1872, National Portrait Gallery, London.
Postmaster General
In office
3 May 1880 – 6 November 1884
MonarchQueen Victoria
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byLord John Manners
Succeeded byGeorge Shaw-Lefevre
Personal details
Born26 August 1833 (1833-08-26)
Salisbury, England
Died6 November 1884 (1884-11-07) (aged 51)
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Millicent Garrett
(1847–1929)
ChildrenPhilippa Fawcett
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Henry Fawcett, close up of Fawcett Memorial in Victoria Embankment Gardens, London
Fawcett's name on the Reformers Monument, Kensal Green Cemetery

Henry Fawcett (26 August 1833 – 6 November 1884) was a British academic, statesman and economist.[1]

  1. ^ "Biography of Henry Fawcett". University of Glasgow. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2008.