Henry Gawler
Encyclopedia
Henry Gawler was an English barrister. Gawler was one of seven people who wrote the Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832
, a report which recommended changes to the Poor Law system in England and Wales. Three portraits of him appear in the National Portrait Gallery.
Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832
The 1832 Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws was a group set up to decide how to change the Poor Law systems in England and Wales. The group included Nassau Senior, a professor from Oxford University who was against the allowance system, and Edwin Chadwick, who was a Benthamite...
, a report which recommended changes to the Poor Law system in England and Wales. Three portraits of him appear in the National Portrait Gallery.