Born in Winford, Somerset. "The Dockers' K.C.". Self-taught. National Organiser of the Dockers' Union, 1910 - 1921. General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union (which he created), 1921 - 1945. Chairman Trades Union Congress, 1937. Member of Parliament Central Wandsworth, 1940 - 1950 and East Woolwich, 1950 - 1951. Minister of Labour and National Service, 1940 - 1945. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1945 - 1951. Member of the Executive Committee of the International Transport Workers Federation.
Died at his London home, 1 Carlton Gardens.
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Ernest Bevin
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Ernest Bevin
English Heritage Ernest Bevin, 1881 - 1951, trade union leader and statesman...
Ernest Bevin bust
Unveiled by Bermondsey Mayor Geoghegan, Chairman of the statue committee. The...
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Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy
Vinegar factory owner, philanthropist and politician. MP for Hackney. Born Switzerland. The family's brewery (first gin and then vinegar) was at Cuper's Gardens, Lambeth - demolished when Waterloo ...
Person, Food & Drink, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Switzerland
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Sir John Reader Welch, Bt, MA
Chairman of the Planning and Communications Committee in 1982 for opening Tower Bridge to the public.
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John Dumphreys
Born Bermondsey as John Molesworth Thomas Dumphreys. Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library. Mayor of Bermondsey in 1907. A Conservative, he briefly replaced Dr Cooper as MP f...
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John Edward Sly
Chairman of the Smithfield Central Market Sub Committee in 1888.
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