James Stansfeld

The Right Honourable Sir James Stansfeld GCB
President of the Local Government Board
In office 3 April 1886 – 20 July 1886
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	Joseph Chamberlain
Succeeded by	Charles Ritchie
In office 19 August 1871 – 17 February 1874
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	George Sclater-Booth
President of the Poor Law Board
In office 17 March 1871 – 19 August 1871
Preceded by	George Goschen
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office 2 November 1869 – 17 March 1871
Preceded by	Acton Smee Ayrton
Succeeded by	William Edward Baxter
Under-Secretary of State for India
In office February 1866 – July 1866
Prime Minister	The Earl Russell The Earl of Derby
Preceded by	The Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye
Succeeded by	Sir James Fergusson, Bt
Civil Lord of the Admiralty
In office May 1863 – April 1864
Prime Minister	The Viscount Palmerston
Preceded by	The Marquess of Hartington
Succeeded by	Hugh Childers
Parliamentary offices Member of Parliament for Halifax In office 1859–1895 Serving with Sir Charles Wood, Bt Edward Akroyd John Crossley John Dyson Hutchinson Thomas Shaw William Rawson Shaw Preceded by Sir Francis Crossley, Bt Sir Charles Wood, Bt Succeeded by William Rawson Shaw Sir Alfred Arnold
Personal details
Born	(1820-03-05)5 March 1820 Halifax, Yorkshire
Died	17 February 1898(1898-02-17) (aged 77) Rotherfield, Sussex
Nationality	British
Political party	Radical Liberal
Spouse	Caroline Ashurst ​ ​ (m. 1844; died 1885)​
Relatives	William Crompton-Stansfield James Rawdon Stansfeld Thomas Wolryche Stansfeld John R. E. Stansfeld
Alma mater	University College, London Middle Temple

Sir James Stansfeld, GCB (English: /ˈstænsfiːld/; 5 March 1820 – 17 February 1898) was a British Radical and Liberal politician and social reformer who served as Under-Secretary of State for India (1866), Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1869–71) and President of the Poor Law Board (1871) before being appointed the first President of the Local Government Board (1871–74 and 1886).