Labour leader and politician. Born John Elliott Burns in Vauxhall. in 1889 he played a major part in the London dock strike. Entered parliament in 1892. Appointed president of the Board of Trade in 1914. Died in the Bolingbroke Hospital, Wandsworth.
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John Burns
Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the UK April 2002 - February 2005.
Chairman of the Governing Council of Goodenough College, 2006.
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Lakshmi Niwas Mittal was born on 15 June 1950 in Sadulpur, Rajasthan, India. Our Picture Source gives details about the life of this man.
Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Politics & Administration, India
