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The Right Hon. Charles Shaw-Lefevre, afterwards Viscount Eversley - Speaker from 1839 to 1857, (1895). 'The Speakers of the Century. Since the beginning of the century there have been seven Speakers of the House of Commons, five of whom have occupied this exalted office during the Queen's reign. Mr. Shaw-Lefevre had sat in Parliament for nine years when, on the retirement of Mr. Abercromby, he was proposed as his successor. On this occasion Mr. Goulburn was also nominated, but received only 299 votes against 317 cast for Mr. Shaw-Lefevre. He was re-elected in 1841, and also in 1847. Mr. John Evelyn Denison was unanimously elected to succeed Mr. Shaw-Lefevre, who had been elevated to the Upper House under the title of Viscount Eversley. One may remark that it was only in 1889 that Lord Eversley passed away, having lived many years to enjoy his retirement'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.