George Sclater-Booth MP, President of Local Government Board mb-code BE035275 'A chorus of singers'

'A chorus of singers'

View showing water vessels pulling up to the jetty at Hungerford Stairs

Figure 2 front view

12th June 1896

George Sclater-Booth MP, President of Local Government Board mb-code BE035275 'A chorus of singers'George Sclater Booth MP, President of Local Government Board, 1878. While a Conservative member of parliament, Sclater Booth was Secretary to the Poor Law Board. He promoted charitable assistance and relief from the public rates which caused so much distress to the poor, particularly in the East End of London. He was later Secretary to the Treasury, a privy councillor, and President of Local Government Board during which time he helped bring about the