Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith

British politician

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1832

Place of Birth: Penzance, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-May-1918

Profession: politician, statistician

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith

  • Leonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith, PC (6 July 1832 – 11 May 1918) was a radical British politician, and an academic, who became famous after being advocate of proportional representation in Parliament and acting as an opponent of imperialism and militarism.He was a member of William Ewart Gladstone's second administration from 1880 to 1883 and served as Chairman of Ways and Means (Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons) between 1886 and 1893.
  • He was the first and the last Baron Courtney of Penwith.

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