Henry Gawler
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Henry Gawler (l.) as child with his brother John. (Henry Bone)
Henry Gawler (1766–1852)[1] was an English barrister. Gawler was one of seven people who wrote the Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832, a report which recommended changes to the Poor Law system in England and Wales.[2] Three portraits of him appear in the National Portrait Gallery, London.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp52626
- ↑ http://www.victorianweb.org/history/poorlaw/membersrc.html
- ↑ http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp52626
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