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Austen Henry Layard

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Data Last Updated: 27 February 2026
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 5 March 1817, Paris, France

Died: 5 July 1894

son of Henry Peter John Layard

son of Marianne Austen

husband of Mary Enid Evelyn Guest

son-in-law of Josiah John Guest

Education

Oxford University

Appointments

Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	12 February 1852	21 February 1852
Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	15 August 1861	26 June 1866
First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings	9 December 1868	26 October 1869

Elections fought

7 July 1852	Aylesbury	Radical	558	56.77
28 March 1857	Aylesbury	Radical	439	59.08
2 May 1859	York	Liberal Party	1,706	63.35
12 December 1860	Southwark	Liberal Party	4,572	57.52
12 July 1865	Southwark	Liberal Party	Unopposed
17 November 1868	Southwark	Liberal Party	5,908	69.81
9 December 1868 Resignation of Austen Layard on appointment as First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings.
21 December 1868	Southwark	Liberal Party	Unopposed
7 February 1870 Resignation of Austen Layard on appointment as United Kingdom Ambassador to Spain.