Presidents of the Local Government Board from 1871 James Stansfeld 1871-1874 George Sclater Booth 1874-1880 John George Dodson 1880-1882 Sir Charles Dilke 1882-1885 Arthur James Balfour 1885-1886 Joseph Chamberlain 1886 James Stansfeld 1886 Charles Thomson Ritchie 1886-1892 Henry Hartley Fowler 1892-1894 George John Shaw Lefevre 1894-1895 Henry Chaplin 1895-1900 Walter Hume Long 1900-1905 Gerald William Balfour 1905 John Burns 1905-1914 Herbert Samuel 1914-1915 Walter Hume Long 1915-1916 ? 1916-1919 Christopher Addison 1919
