Thomas Lowth
Thomas Lowth (4 November 1858 – 26 May 1931) was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ardwick, a constituency in Manchester, from 1922 until his death.[1] He was a member of the Labour Party.
Biography
Lowth was born at Billingborough, Lincolnshire on 4 November 1858. Having received elementary school education, he entered the railway service with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1875 and moved to Manchester. He worked on the railway for 23 years, doing various jobs, then became the general secretary of the General Railway Workers' Union in 1898, a trade union he had helped to establish. Lowth died at the age of 72 in the Royal Northern Hospital in London.
References
- ^ "Another M. P. Dead". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle upon Tyne. 27 May 1931. p. 1. Retrieved 6 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Lowth
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Augustine Hailwood | Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick 1922 – 1931 | Succeeded by |
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Preceded by Andrew Clark | General Secretary of the General Railway Workers' Union 1898 – 1913 | Succeeded by Position abolished |
Preceded by New position | Assistant General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen 1913–1919 With: Samuel Chorlton Walter Hudson J. H. Thomas (1913–1916) | Succeeded by Charlie Cramp as Industrial General Secretary |
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