Henry Labouchère, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Labouchère, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Labouchère

British politician

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1831

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 15-Jan-1912

Profession: writer, politician, diplomat, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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About Henry Labouchère

"Henry Labouchere" redirects here.
For his uncle, see Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron TauntonHenry Du Pré Labouchère (9 November 1831 – 15 January 1912) was an English politician, writer, publisher and theatre owner in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
He lived with the actress Henrietta Hodson from 1868, and they married in 1887.Labouchère, who inherited a large fortune, engaged in a number of occupations.
He was a junior member of the British diplomatic service, a member of parliament in the 1860s and again from 1880 to 1906, and edited and funded his own magazine, Truth.
He is remembered for the Labouchère Amendment to British law, which for the first time made all male homosexual activity a crime. Unable to secure the senior positions for which he thought himself suitable, Labouchère left Britain and retired to Italy.

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