Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton, PC (; 15 August 179813 July 1869) was a British Whig and Liberal Party politician of the mid-19th century.
Background and education
Labouchere was born in London into a prominent family,
Labouchere's final cabinet posting came during the first Palmerston ministry, for which he served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1855 to 1858. Between 1864 and 1868 the then Lord Taunton chaired the Schools Enquiry Commission.
Family
In 1840 Labouchere married his first cousin Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Baring. They had three daughters:
- Emily (1844–1933) who married Henry Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans
- Mina Francis, who married Sir Arthur Ellis
- Mary Dorothy who married Edward James Stanley MP
Frances Labouchere died in May 1850, aged 36, in premature childbirth.
In 1852 Labouchere married Lady Mary Howard (1823–1892), a daughter of the Earl of Carlisle. There were no children from this marriage. Lady Mary was buried at St Mary's Church, Charlynch, Somerset where a reredos was erected in 1893 in her memory.
Taunton died in July 1869, aged 70, at his London house in Belgrave Square.