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.

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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.

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References

Descendants of George Greaves and Mary Marriott

The Magistracy of Buckinghamshire in 1861

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1793 births

1884 deaths

Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies

UK MPs 1841–1847

UK MPs 1847–1852

UK MPs 1852–1857

UK MPs 1857–1859

UK MPs 1859–1865

UK MPs 1865–1868

UK MPs 1868–1874

UK MPs 1874–1880

Presidents of the Board of Trade

English justices of the peace

J. W. Henley