J. W. Henley

Not to be confused with J. F. Henley.

The Right Honourable J. W. Henley DL JP
President of the Board of Trade
In office 27 February 1852 – 17 December 1852
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby
Preceded by	Henry Labouchere
Succeeded by	Edward Cardwell
In office 26 February 1858 – 3 March 1859
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby
Preceded by	The Lord Stanley of Alderley
Succeeded by	The Earl of Donoughmore
Personal details
Born	3 March 1793 (1793-03-03)
Died	8 December 1884 (1884-12-09) (aged 91)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Georgiana Fane (d. 1864)

Joseph Warner Henley, PC, DL, JP (3 March 1793 – 8 December 1884), often known as J. W. Henley, was a British Conservative politician, best known for serving in the protectionist governments of Lord Derby in the 1850s.

Political career

Henley sat as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1841 until 1878 and served as President of the Board of Trade in Derby's first (1852) and second (1858–1859) governments. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1852. From 1874 to 1878 (year of his 84th birthday) he was the oldest member of the House of Commons.

Family

Henley married Georgiana, daughter of John Fane, in 1816. She died in June 1864. Henley survived her by 20 years and died in December 1884, aged 91.

Joseph Warner Henley (1793 – 1884), in the 1860s or 70s.

References

• Descendants of George Greaves and Mary Marriott
• The Magistracy of Buckinghamshire in 1861
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Joseph Warner Henley