General Secretary of the Transport & General Workers Union, 1940 until his death. Born Warwickshire. Died Leicester where he had been addressing a May Day rally.
Alamy have a lovely photo of Deakin.
General Secretary of the Transport & General Workers Union, 1940 until his death. Born Warwickshire. Died Leicester where he had been addressing a May Day rally.
Alamy have a lovely photo of Deakin.
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Arthur Deakin, CH, CBE
Arthur Deakin House This block was built in 1956 by Stepney Borough Council a...
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Arthur Deakin, CH, CBE
Unveiled by Bermondsey Mayor Geoghegan, Chairman of the statue committee. The...
Bostock.net has an obituary and some photographs, and supplied the information here. Born Hampstead, son of Geoffrey. Worked as a chartered accountant, a partner in the family firm of Annan Dexte...
Islington Town Clerk in 1894, 1897 and 1906. Was interviewed by the Charles Booth survey of London. Our colleague Andrew Behan provides: "William Francis Dewey was born in Portsea, Hampshire, the...
Founded and then served for 46 years as Honorary Secretary and Chaplain of the German Hospital and was described in "Migration and Transfer from Germany to Britain, 1660-1914" as the "soul of the h...
Born Herefordshire. Related via the Boleyn family to Queen Elizabeth I. Married a daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham. Became a favourite of the Queen. However he performed badly as Lord Lieuten...
Leading anarchist known for his political activism and writing. Born Russia, emigrated to America. Lover and life-long friend of Emma Goldman. The pair were deported to Russia for their anarchis...