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DICTIONARY of LABOUR BIOGRAPHY VOLUME XIV Edited by Keith Gildart & David Howell DICTIONARY OF LABOUR BIOGRAPHY VOLUME XIV (cid:129) DICTIONARY OF LABOUR BIOGRAPHY Volume XIV Edited by KEITH GILDART UniversityofWolverhampton,Wolverhampton,UK and DAVID HOWELL DepartmentofPolitics,UniversityofYork,York,UK Editors KeithGildart David Howell University ofWolverhampton Department ofPolitics Wolverhampton, UK University ofYork York, UK ISBN 978-1-137-45742-4 ISBN 978-1-137-45743-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45743-1 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2017949456 ©TheEditor(s)(ifapplicable)andTheAuthor(s)2018 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. This work is subject to copyright. 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Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:TheCampus,4CrinanStreet,London,N19XW,UnitedKingdom Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii NOTESTOREADERS ix LISTOFCONTRIBUTORS xi LISTOFBIBLIOGRAPHIES ANDSPECIALNOTES xiii BIOGRAPHIES 1 CONSOLIDATEDLISTOFNAMES INVOLUMESI–XIV 315 GENERALINDEX 329 v Acknowledgements TheDictionaryofLabourBiographydependsonthescholarshipofourcontributors.Theyenable an appreciation of the infinite variety that has been characteristic of the British labour move- ment.Wethankthemfortheirentriesandfortheirtolerantandgood-humouredresponsesto ourqueriesandcomments. The research for this volume, as with its predecessors, rests on the library and archival resources of many institutions. As always we have depended on the rich collections and sup- portivestaffoftheModernRecordsCentreattheUniversityofWarwick,theLabourHistory StudyandArchiveCentreatthePeople’sHistoryMuseum,ManchesterandtheWorkingClass Movement Library, Salford. Previous volumes have acknowledged the invaluable contribution of the British Newspaper Library, Colindale. Its closure and the consequential transfer of its holdings mean that wecan now consult them in the lessspartan and less urban new home at BostonSpainYorkshire. Theconstructionofindividualentrieshasdependedontheresourcesoflocaldepositories. We are grateful to Burnley Public Library, Cambridgeshire Record Office, Durham Record Office, Flintshire Record Office Hawarden, Hampshire Record Office, Portsmouth Archives, Hull History Centre, Kent Record Office, Maidstone Archives, Sheffield City Archives, Tyne andWearArchivesService,NewcastleArchives,andWalsallHistoryCentre.Ourthanksareall thegreaterbecausethesevitalresourcesforthehistoricalmemoryofcommunitiesaresuffering fromtheseverityofgovernment-imposedausterity. Weremaincommittedtotheexplorationoflabourmovementsinthecontextofdiverseand contested national identities, apriority underlined byrecent political upheavals. Our debts to the National Archives Kew, the British Library, the Trades Union Congress Library, the NationalLibraryofScotland,theScottishRecordOffice,andtheNationalLibraryofWalesare underpinnedbythiscommitment. OurentriesalsodependheavilyonmaterialheldinBritish academic institutions: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, British Library of Political and Economic Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London Metropolitan UniversityArchives,SydneyJonesLibraryUniversityofLiverpool,SwanseaUniversityLibrary, University of Durham Library, University of Huddersfield Library, University of Newcastle Library,UniversityofStirlingLibrary,UniversityofSussexLibrary. Diversecollectionsilluminatetherichnessofourmaterial:ArthurFindlayCollegeStansted, British Postal Museum London, College of Psychic Studies London, National Co-operative ArchivesManchester,NationalPortraitGalleryLondon,NationalTramwayMuseumArchives Derbyshire, Union of Democratic Mineworkers Mansfield, Women’s Library London. More widelywemustemphasiseourcontinuingthankstotheInternationalInstituteofSocialHistory, AmsterdamcomplementedforthisvolumebytheArchiveOfficeofTasmania,Hobartandthe KenyaNationalArchive,Nairobi. Onceagainwehaveexperiencedtheexcitementandfrustrationsoftracingfamilydetailson Ancestry.com,thegenealogist.com.ukandscotlandspeople@scotlandonline.co.uk.Weareglad tonoteourinformallinkwiththeOxfordDictionaryofNationalBiographyandthepracticalhelp andenthusiasmofMarkCurthoys. Thisvolumehasbeenpreparedinaperiodofexceptionalpoliticalturmoil.Muchhasbeen unexpected and emphasises the complexity and contingency of what we study as historians. Moresubstantivelythecrudepopulismthatincreasinglydegradesourpoliticsmakesevenmore urgenttheneedtorecoverourpastinallitsdiversity. vii Notes to Readers 1. Placenamesareusuallyquotedaccordingtocontemporaryusageintheperiodcoveredin eachentry. 2. Wheretheamountofawill,estateoreffectsisquoteditisnormallythatgiveninTheTimes, in the records at Somerset House in London, the Probate Office in Manchester or at the ScottishRecordOfficeinEdinburgh.Fordatesbefore1860thesourceisusuallythePublic RecordOffice.Additionalinformationhasbeenprovidedbywww.ancestry.co.ukandwww. gov.uk. 3. UndertheheadingSources,personalinformationrelatestodetailsobtainedfromrelatives, friendsorcolleaguesoftheindividualinquestion;biographicalinformationreferstoother sources. 4. TheplaceofpublicationinthebibliographicalsourcesisLondonunlessotherwisestated. 5. The See also sections that follow some biographical entries include names marked with a dagger—theserefertobiographiespublishedinVolumesI–XIIIoftheDictionaryofLabour Biography;thosewithnomarkingareincludedinthepresentvolume. 6. A consolidated list of entries in Volumes I–XIV can be found at the end of this volume, beforethegeneralindex. ix List of Contributors Dr.DavidAmos,UniversityofNottingham Dr.YannBeliard,UiniversitéSorbonneNouvelleParisIII AlunBurge,UniversityofSwansea Dr.StephenCatterall,UniversityofWolverhampton Dr.BenCurtis,UniversityofCardiff JackFletcher,Chopwell,TyneandWear Dr.NickMansfield,UniversityofCentralLancashire Dr.LewisMates,UniversityofDurham ProfessorKevinMorgan,UniversityofManchester Dr.StevenParfitt,UniversityofNottingham ArchiePotts,Gosforth,Newcastle-Upon-Tyne RevdDr.ProfessorD.BenRees,Liverpool Dr.LowriRees,UniversityofBangor ProfessorRogerSeifert,UniversityofWolverhamptonBusinessSchool Dr.TomSibley,MarxMemorialLibrary RichardTemple,SenateHouse,UniversityofLondon Dr.DonWatson,NorthEastLabourHistorySociety StephenWilliams,Lewes,EastSussex Dr.JohnWilliamson,UniversityofGlasgow xi List of Bibliographies and Special Notes Bibliographies Thesubjectbibliographiesattachedtocertainentriesaretheresponsibilityoftheeditors.The entriesunderwhichtheywillbefoundinVolumesI–VIareasfollows: BritishLabourParty 1900–1913 LANSBURY,George II 1914–1931 HENDERSON,Arthur I Chartismto1840 LOVETT,William VI ChristianSocialism,1848–1854 LUDLOW,JohnMalcolmForbes II Cooperation Agriculturalcooperation PLUNKETT,SirHoraceCurzon V Cooperativeeducation HALL,Fred I CooperativeParty ALEXANDER,AlbertVictor I Cooperativeproduction JONES,Benjamin I CooperativeUnion HAYWARD,Fred I Cooperativewholesaling REDFERN,Percy I Copartnership GREENING,EdwardOwen I InternationalCooperativeAlliance MAY,HenryJohn I Irishcooperation GALLAGHER,Patrick I Retailcooperation Nineteenthcentury HOLYOAKE,GeorgeJacob I 1900–1945 BROWN,WilliamHenry I 1945–1970 BONNER,Arnold I Scottishcooperation MAXWELL,William I Guildsocialism SPARKES,Malcolm II Miningtradeunionism 1850–1879 MACDONALD,Alexander I 1880–1899 PICKARD,Benjamin I 1900–1914 ASHTON,Thomas I 1915–1926 COOK,ArthurJames III 1927–1944 LEE,Peter II Scottishminingtradeunionism SMILLIE,Robert III Welshminingtradeunionism ABRAHAM,William(Mabon) I Newmodelunionism ALLAN,William I NewUnionism,1889–1893 TILLETT,Benjamin(Ben) IV xiii xiv LISTOFBIBLIOGRAPHIESANDSPECIALNOTES SpecialNotesinVolumeV Parliamentary Recruiting Committee and Joint Labour Recruiting Committee in the First WorldWar,seeBOWERMAN,CharlesWilliam 1917Club,seeHAMILTON,MaryAgnes MosleyIndustrialCommission,seeSTEADMAN,William(Will)Charles SpecialNotesinVolumeVI Woman’sIndustrialIndependence(1848,reprinted),seeBARMBY,CatherineIsabella BoggartHoleCloughandFreeSpeech,seeBROCKLEHURST,Frederick Ca’canny,seeDAVIS,WilliamJohn SpecialNotesinVolumeVII LeagueAgainstImperialism,1927–1937,seeBRIDGEMAN,ReginaldFrancisOrlando GatesheadProgressivePlayers,1920–1980,seeDODDS,Ruth MeerutTrial,1929–1933,seeGOSSIP,Alexander(Alex) ExecutionofFranciscoFerrerandtheLabourMovement,seeWARD,GeorgeHerbertBridges SpecialNotesinVolumeVIII GuildofStMatthew,seeHANCOCK,Thomas ChurchSocialistLeague,seeMOLL,WilliamEdmund TwentiethCenturyPress,seeQUELCH,Henry(Harry) BritishLabourDelegationtoRussia,1920seeTURNER,SirBen SpecialNotesinVolumeIX AidforSpainMovementinBritain,1936–1939,seeBROWN,Isabel BritishTradeUnionDelegationtoRussia,1924,I,OfficialReport,II,TheZinovievLetter,see GRENFELL,Harold British Joint Labour Delegation to Hungary, Inquiry into the White Terror, May 1920, see JOWETT,FrederickWilliam SpecialNotesinVolumeX ChurchesofChristasaLabourSect,seeTAYLOR,JohnThomas FurtherNotes,seeHANNINGTON,Walter FurtherNotes,seeCONNELL,Jim SpecialNotesinVolumeXI LaskiLibelTrial,seeHASTINGS,Patrick,Sir LabourParliament,1853–1854,seeJONES,Ernest IndependentSocialistParty,seeSANDHAM,Elijah
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