Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley, GCB, PC, was a British Whig politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1839 to 1857. He is the second-longest serving Speaker of the Hou
Lord Eversley, 1875 portrait
Charles Shaw-Lefevre as Speaker of the House of Commons, by Martin Archer Shee.
James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline FRSE, was a British barrister and Whig politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1835 and 1839, the first Scottish MP to hold that positi
Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley
…says the Encyclopædia Britannica, "a high reputation in the House of Commons for his judicial fairness, combined with singular tact and courtesy." When James Abercromby retired as Speaker of the House of Commons in 1839, Shaw-Lefevre was put forward as the Whig candidate and defeated the Tory candidate Henry Goulburn…
Speaker Abercromby by John Jackson