Dictionary of Labour Biography: Volume XIV

357 Pages·2018·3.526 MB·English

by  Keith Gildart, David Howell (eds.)

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
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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,[e-mail]
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