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title="Lord Frederick Cavendish">Lord Frederick Cavendish</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/J._T._Hibbert" title="J. T. Hibbert">J. T. Hibbert</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies">Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />26 June 1881 – 6 May 1882</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/M._E._Grant_Duff" title="M. E. Grant Duff">M. E. Grant Duff</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Ashley" title="Evelyn Ashley">Evelyn Ashley</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department">Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1881 – 26 June 1881</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Peel,_1st_Viscount_Peel" title="Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel">Lord Peel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Primrose,_5th_Earl_of_Rosebery" title="Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery">Lord Rosebery</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> <br /> for <a href="/wiki/Bodmin_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)">Bodmin</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Liskeard_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency)">Liskeard</a> (1876–<a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a>)</small></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br /><a href="/wiki/1876_Liskeard_by-election" title="1876 Liskeard by-election">22 December 1876</a> – <a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">26 September 1900</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Horsman" title="Edward Horsman">Edward Horsman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Lewis_Molesworth,_11th_Baronet" title="Sir Lewis Molesworth, 11th Baronet">Sir Lewis Molesworth</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">6 July 1832<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart bday">1832-07-06</span>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Penzance" title="Penzance">Penzance</a>, Cornwall, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">11 May 1918<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend dday deathdate">1918-05-12</span>)</span> (aged 85)<br /><a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_London" title="Chelsea, London">Chelsea</a>, London, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Courtney,_Baroness_Courtney_of_Penwith" title="Catherine Courtney, Baroness Courtney of Penwith">Catherine Courtney</a> (m. 1883)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_College,_Cambridge" title="St John's College, Cambridge">St John's College, Cambridge</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Inn" title="Lincoln's Inn">Lincoln's Inn</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Leonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span></span> (6 July 1832 – 11 May 1918) was a radical British politician, and an academic, who became famous after being advocate of <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> in Parliament and acting as an opponent of <a href="/wiki/Imperialism" title="Imperialism">imperialism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Militarism" title="Militarism">militarism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica.com_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a member of <a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Government_1880%E2%80%931885" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Government 1880–1885">second administration</a> from 1880 to 1883 and served as <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_Ways_and_Means" title="Chairman of Ways and Means">Chairman of Ways and Means</a> (Deputy <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker of the House of Commons</a>) between 1886 and 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica.com_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the first and the last <a href="/wiki/Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron Courtney of Penwith">Baron Courtney of Penwith</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_education">Background and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leonard_Courtney,_1st_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Courtney was born at <a href="/wiki/Penzance" title="Penzance">Penzance</a>, Cornwall. He was the eldest son of John Sampson Courtney, a banker, and Sarah, daughter of John Mortimer.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Two of his brothers, <a href="/wiki/John_Mortimer_Courtney" title="John Mortimer Courtney">John Mortimer Courtney</a> (1838–1920), and <a href="/wiki/William_Prideaux_Courtney" title="William Prideaux Courtney">William Prideaux Courtney</a> (1845–1913), also attained public distinction, the former in the government service in Canada (from 1869, retiring in 1906), rising to be deputy-minister of finance, and the latter in the British civil service (1865–1892), and as a prominent man of letters and bibliographer. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_College,_Cambridge" title="St John's College, Cambridge">St John's College, Cambridge</a>, where he was <a href="/wiki/Second_Wrangler" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Wrangler">Second Wrangler</a> and first <a href="/wiki/Smith%27s_prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Smith's prize">Smith's prizeman</a>, and elected a fellow of his college.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/Call_to_the_Bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Call to the Bar">called to the Bar</a> at <a href="/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Inn" title="Lincoln's Inn">Lincoln's Inn</a> in 1858. From 1872 to 1875 he was professor of political economy at <a href="/wiki/University_College,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="University College, London">University College, London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was president of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Geological_Society_of_Cornwall" title="Royal Geological Society of Cornwall">Royal Geological Society of Cornwall</a> from 1881 to 1882.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leonard_Courtney,_1st_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 1876, after a previous unsuccessful attempt, Courtney was elected to parliament for <a href="/wiki/Liskeard_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency)">Liskeard</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a>. He continued to represent the borough, and <a href="/wiki/Bodmin_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)">Bodmin</a> into which it was merged by the <a href="/wiki/Reform_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Reform Act">Reform Act</a> of 1885, until 1900, when his attitude towards the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">South African War</a> (he and his wife <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Courtney,_Baroness_Courtney_of_Penwith" title="Catherine Courtney, Baroness Courtney of Penwith">Catherine</a> were one of the foremost of the so-called Pro-<a href="/wiki/Boer" class="mw-redirect" title="Boer">Boer</a> Party) compelled his retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until 1885, he was a devoted adherent of <a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a>, particularly in finance and foreign affairs. In 1880 he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department">Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department</a>, in 1881 <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies">Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies</a> and in 1882 <a href="/wiki/Financial_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Financial Secretary to the Treasury">Financial Secretary to the Treasury</a>. He was known as a stubborn fighter for principle, and after finding that the government's <a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1884" title="Representation of the People Act 1884">Reform Bill in 1884</a> contained no recognition of the scheme for <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>, to which he was deeply committed, he resigned office. He refused to support Gladstone's <a href="/wiki/Home_Rule_Bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Home Rule Bill">Home Rule Bill</a> in 1886 and was one of those who chiefly contributed to its rejection, whose reputation for unbending integrity and intellectual eminence gave solidity to the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Unionist">Liberal Unionist</a> party.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1886, Courtney was elected <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_Ways_and_Means" title="Chairman of Ways and Means">Chairman of Ways and Means</a> (Deputy <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker of the House of Commons</a>) and was sworn of the <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council">Privy Council</a> in 1889. His efficiency in this office seemed to mark him out for the speakership after the <a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">1895 general election</a>. A Liberal Unionist, however, could be elected only by <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> votes, and he had made himself objectionable to a large section of the Conservative Party by his independent attitude on various questions, on which his liberalism outweighed his party loyalty. He, would in any case, have been incapacitated by an affection of the eyesight, which for a while threatened to withdraw him from public life altogether.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After 1895, Courtney's divergences from the Unionist party on questions other than Irish politics became gradually more marked. He became known in the House of Commons principally for his candid criticism of the measures introduced by his nominal leaders, and he was rather to be ranked among the Opposition than as a Ministerialist. When the crisis with the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Republic" title="South African Republic">Transvaal</a> came in 1899, Courtney's views, which remained substantially what they were when he supported the settlement after <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Majuba_Hill" title="Battle of Majuba Hill">Majuba</a> in 1881, had plainly become incompatible with his position even as a nominal follower of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury" title="Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury">Lord Salisbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Chamberlain" title="Joseph Chamberlain">Joseph Chamberlain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He led the work of the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Conciliation_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Conciliation Committee">South African Conciliation Committee</a> which brought the sufferings of the Boers to the attention of British people.<sup id="cite_ref-Brown_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 1902, he was appointed chairman of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Commission_on_Superannuation_of_the_Civil_Service&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Royal Commission on Superannuation of the Civil Service (page does not exist)">Royal Commission on Superannuation of the Civil Service</a>, which delivered their report the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He gradually reverted to formal membership of the Liberal party and, in January 1906, unsuccessfully contested <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh West</a> as a supporter of Sir <a href="/wiki/Henry_Campbell-Bannerman" title="Henry Campbell-Bannerman">Henry Campbell-Bannerman</a> at the general election. Among the <a href="/wiki/British_honours_system" class="mw-redirect" title="British honours system">birthday honours</a> of 1906 he was elevated to the peerage as <b>Baron Courtney of Penwith</b>, in the County of Cornwall.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Courtney was a prominent supporter of the women's movement through the influence of his wife and sister-in-law. In his earlier years, he was a regular contributor to <i>The Times</i>, and he wrote numerous essays in the principal reviews on political and economic subjects. In 1901, he published a book on <i>The Working Constitution of the United Kingdom</i>. He was <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Royal_Statistical_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Royal Statistical Society">President of the Royal Statistical Society</a>, 1897–99.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a great friend of artist <a href="/wiki/Norman_Garstin" title="Norman Garstin">Norman Garstin</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leonard_Courtney,_1st_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Courtney married <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Courtney,_Baroness_Courtney_of_Penwith" title="Catherine Courtney, Baroness Courtney of Penwith">Catherine Potter</a>, daughter of Richard Potter and an elder sister of <a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Webb" title="Beatrice Webb">Beatrice Webb</a>, on 15 March 1883 at St Jude's Church, <a href="/wiki/Whitechapel" title="Whitechapel">Whitechapel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had no children. </p><p>In May 1918, aged 85, he was living at <a href="/wiki/15_Cheyne_Walk" title="15 Cheyne Walk">15 Cheyne Walk</a> at the time of his death. He left effects totalling £56,672 2s 6d.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The peerage became extinct.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leonard_Courtney,_1st_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 164px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 162px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leonard_and_Kate_Courtney,_c1916.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lord Courtney and his wife Catherine in 1916"><img alt="Lord Courtney and his wife Catherine in 1916" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Leonard_and_Kate_Courtney%2C_c1916.jpg/243px-Leonard_and_Kate_Courtney%2C_c1916.jpg" decoding="async" width="162" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Leonard_and_Kate_Courtney%2C_c1916.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="349" data-file-height="431" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Lord Courtney and his wife Catherine in 1916</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 132.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leonard_Henry_Courtney,_Vanity_Fair,_1880-09-25.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title=""Proper self-sufficiency" Caricature of Courtney by "T" (Théobald Chartran) in Vanity Fair, 25 September 1880"><img alt=""Proper self-sufficiency" Caricature of Courtney by "T" (Théobald Chartran) in Vanity Fair, 25 September 1880" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Leonard_Henry_Courtney%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1880-09-25.jpg/196px-Leonard_Henry_Courtney%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1880-09-25.jpg" decoding="async" width="131" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Leonard_Henry_Courtney%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1880-09-25.jpg/295px-Leonard_Henry_Courtney%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1880-09-25.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Leonard_Henry_Courtney%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1880-09-25.jpg/393px-Leonard_Henry_Courtney%2C_Vanity_Fair%2C_1880-09-25.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="916" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">"Proper self-sufficiency"<br />Caricature of Courtney by "T" (<a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9obald_Chartran" title="Théobald Chartran">Théobald Chartran</a>) in <i><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(British_magazine_1868-1914)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanity Fair (British magazine 1868-1914)">Vanity Fair</a></i>, 25 September 1880</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 152px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:15_Cheyne_Walk_02.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="15 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, where Courtney was living at the time of his death"><img alt="15 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, where Courtney was living at the time of his death" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/15_Cheyne_Walk_02.JPG/225px-15_Cheyne_Walk_02.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/15_Cheyne_Walk_02.JPG/337px-15_Cheyne_Walk_02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/15_Cheyne_Walk_02.JPG/450px-15_Cheyne_Walk_02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/15_Cheyne_Walk" title="15 Cheyne Walk">15 Cheyne Walk</a>, Chelsea, London, where Courtney was living at the time of his death</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arms">Arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leonard_Courtney,_1st_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 220px;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat-of-Arms_of_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336126.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Coat-of-Arms_of_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336126.jpg/220px-Coat-of-Arms_of_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336126.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Coat-of-Arms_of_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336126.jpg/330px-Coat-of-Arms_of_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336126.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Coat-of-Arms_of_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336126.jpg/440px-Coat-of-Arms_of_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336126.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Crest</dt> <dd>A torteau charged with a dolphin Or.</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Gules, three bezants, on a chief Or as many Cornish choughs Proper.</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>On either side a doctor of civil law of the University of Cambridge, vested in his robes, the dexter holding in his right hand an open book, the sinister in the right hand a pen, in the left hand a scroll all Proper.</dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd>Ut Liberati Serviamus<sup id="cite_ref-11" 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title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><small>Constituency merged into <a href="/wiki/Bodmin_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)">Bodmin</a></small></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Leveson-Gower_(Bodmin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Leveson-Gower (Bodmin)">Hon. Frederick Leveson-Gower</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/James_Wyld" title="James Wyld">James Wyld</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Bodmin_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)">Bodmin</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a>–<a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">1900</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Lewis_Molesworth,_11th_Baronet" title="Sir Lewis Molesworth, 11th Baronet">Sir Lewis Molesworth</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Otway,_3rd_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Arthur Otway, 3rd Baronet">Sir Arthur Otway, Bt</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_Ways_and_Means" title="Chairman of Ways and Means">Chairman of Ways and Means</a> </b><br />1886–1893 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_William_Mellor" title="John William Mellor">John William Mellor</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley_Peel,_1st_Viscount_Peel" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel">Arthur Wellesley Peel</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department">Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department</a> </b><br />1881 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Primrose,_5th_Earl_of_Rosebery" title="Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery">The Earl of Rosebery</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/M._E._Grant_Duff" title="M. 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title="Royal Statistical Society">Royal Statistical Society</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">19th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1834–1836 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_3rd_Marquess_of_Lansdowne" title="Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne">The Marquess of Lansdowne</a></li> <li>1836–1838 <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lemon" title="Charles Lemon">Sir Charles Lemon, Bt</a></li> <li>1838–1840 <a href="/wiki/Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam">The Earl FitzWilliam</a></li> <li>1840–1842 <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Ryder,_2nd_Earl_of_Harrowby" title="Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby">Viscount Sandon</a></li> <li>1842–1843 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_3rd_Marquess_of_Lansdowne" title="Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne">The Marquess of Lansdowne</a></li> <li>1843–1845 <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_7th_Earl_of_Shaftesbury" title="Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury">Lord Ashley</a></li> <li>1845–1847 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Spring_Rice,_1st_Baron_Monteagle_of_Brandon" title="Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon">The Lord Monteagle of Brandon</a></li> <li>1847–1849 <a href="/wiki/Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam">The Earl FitzWilliam</a></li> <li>1849–1851 <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Ryder,_2nd_Earl_of_Harrowby" title="Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby">The Earl of Harrowby</a></li> <li>1851–1853 <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Jones-Loyd,_1st_Baron_Overstone" title="Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone">The Lord Overstone</a></li> <li>1853–1855 <a href="/wiki/Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam">The Earl FitzWilliam</a></li> <li>1855–1857 <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Ryder,_2nd_Earl_of_Harrowby" title="Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby">The Earl of Harrowby</a></li> <li>1857–1859 <a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanley,_15th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby">Lord Stanley</a></li> <li>1859–1861 <a href="/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell" title="John Russell, 1st Earl Russell">Lord John Russell</a></li> <li>1861–1863 <a href="/wiki/John_Pakington,_1st_Baron_Hampton" title="John Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton">Sir John Pakington, Bt</a></li> <li>1863–1865 <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Sykes" title="William Henry Sykes">William Henry Sykes</a></li> <li>1865–1867 <a href="/wiki/Richard_Monckton_Milnes,_1st_Baron_Houghton" title="Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton">The Lord Houghton</a></li> <li>1867–1869 <a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a></li> <li>1869–1871 <a href="/wiki/William_Newmarch" title="William Newmarch">William Newmarch</a></li> <li>1871–1873 <a href="/wiki/William_Farr" title="William Farr">William Farr</a></li> <li>1873–1875 <a href="/wiki/William_Guy" title="William Guy">William Guy</a></li> <li>1875–1877 <a href="/wiki/James_Heywood_(philanthropist)" title="James Heywood (philanthropist)">James Heywood</a></li> <li>1877–1879 <a href="/wiki/George_Shaw-Lefevre,_1st_Baron_Eversley" class="mw-redirect" title="George Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley">George Shaw-Lefevre</a></li> <li>1879–1880 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brassey,_1st_Earl_Brassey" title="Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey">Thomas Brassey</a></li> <li>1880–1882 <a href="/wiki/James_Caird_(1816-1892)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Caird (1816-1892)">James Caird</a></li> <li>1882–1884 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Giffen" title="Robert Giffen">Robert Giffen</a></li> <li>1884–1886 <a href="/wiki/Rawson_W._Rawson" title="Rawson W. Rawson">Rawson W. Rawson</a></li> <li>1886–1888 <a href="/wiki/George_Goschen,_1st_Viscount_Goschen" title="George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen">George Goschen</a></li> <li>1888–1890 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Graham_Balfour" title="Thomas Graham Balfour">Thomas Graham Balfour</a></li> <li>1890–1892 <a href="/wiki/Frederic_J._Mouat" title="Frederic J. Mouat">Frederic J. 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