President of the Poor Law Board

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Charles Buller 	23 July 1847 	1 January 1849 	Whig 	
Matthew Talbot Baines 	1 January 1849 	21 February 1852	Whig 	
Sir John Trollope 	1 March 1852 	17 December 1852	Conservative	
Matthew Talbot Baines 	30 December 1852	13 August 1855 	Whig 	
Edward Pleydell-Bouverie	13 August 1855 	21 February 1858	Whig 	
Thomas Sotheron Estcourt	6 March 1858 	7 March 1859 	Conservative	
Earl of March 	7 March 1859 	11 June 1859 	Conservative	
Thomas Milner Gibson 	24 June 1859 	9 July 1859 	Liberal 	
Charles Pelham Villiers 	9 July 1859 	26 June 1866 	Liberal 	
Gathorne Hardy 	12 July 1866 	21 May 1867 	Conservative	
The Earl of Devon 	21 May 1867 	1 December 1868 	Conservative	
George Goschen 	9 December 1868 	24 March 1871 	Liberal 	
James Stansfeld 	24 March 1871 	14 August 1871 	Liberal 	
succeeded by office of President of the Local Government Board