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3 unusual facts about Henry Labouchère


Church of St Peter and St Paul, Over Stowey

Many of the monuments inside and outside the church are to members of the Labouchere and later Stanley family who built and occupied Quantock Lodge, owned much of the parish and funded the church restoration.

Hylands Park

After Labouchère's death, his son Henry Labouchere sold Hylands House and Estate to Mr John Attwood, former owner of an ironworks in Birmingham.

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Henry Labouchère (1831–1912), English politician, writer, publisher and theatre owner


Cleveland Street scandal

Henry Labouchère, a Member of Parliament from the Radical wing of the Liberal Party, was staunchly against homosexuality and had campaigned successfully to add the "gross indecency" amendment (known as the "Labouchère Amendment") to the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885.

Royal Commission on the City of London

The commissioners were Henry Labouchere, Sir John Patteson and George Cornewall Lewis.


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