John Revans Explained

John Revans was secretary to the English Poor Law Commission^[1] and the Royal Commission on the Poorer Classes in Ireland 1833.^[2] In 1836, he was appointed assistant commissioner of the Poor Laws.^[3] In the 1840s he conducted an examination of the Chartist land settlements for the Poor Law Commissioners.^[4]

He was described as a "Benthamite radical".^[5]

Selected publications

• Observations on the timber trade. Richardson, 1831.^[6]
• Remarks on the navigation laws. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1831.
• Evils of the state of Ireland, their causes, and their remedy; a poor law. 1836.^{[7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Selection of Reports and Papers of the House of Commons: Education; 1 . 1836 . 2015-11-25.
2. Book: Peasant Petitions: Social Relations and Economic Life on Landed Estates ... - Rab Houston . 2 July 2014. 9781137394095 . 2015-11-25. Houston . R. .
3. Web site: Bulletins and Other State Intelligence . 1836 . 2015-11-25.
4. [W. H. G. Armytage|Armytage, W.H.G.]
5. Book: The Letters of Richard Cobden: Volume III: 1854-1859 - Richard Cobden, Anthony Howe, Simon Morgan . 9780199211975 . 2015-11-25. Cobden . Richard . Morgan . Simon . 2007 .
6. Web site: The Westminster Review . 1837 . 2015-11-25.
7. Book: The Metropolitan . 15 . . 1836 . James Cochrane . 2015-11-25.
8. Book: Ireland in Official Print Culture, 1800-1850: A New Reading of the Poor Inquiry - Niall Ó Ciosáin . February 2014. 9780199679386 . 2015-11-25. Ciosáin . Niall . OUP Oxford .