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Albert Stanley
Albert Stanley may refer to: * Albert Stanley (Liberal politician) (1863–1915), British Member of Parliament, 1907–1915 * Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield (1874–1948), British Conservative MP, Managing Director & Chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London; Chairman of London Passenger Transport Board {{hndis, name=Stanley, Albert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Stanley (Liberal Politician)
Albert Stanley (1863 – 17 December 1915) was an English Liberal Party then Labour Party politician and Secretary of the Midland Counties Miners' Federation. Early life Stanley was born at Dark Lane, Dawley, Shropshire, one of ten children in a coal-mining family who were religiously Primitive Methodists. He himself began work as a miner aged eleven at Stirchley before moving to another pit at Hednesford, Staffordshire where he worked underground until a serious injury in an pit accident in 1884. Political career In 1877 at the age of 15 he became Secretary of his local Young Liberal Association. He supported Home Rule for Ireland and was an ardent follower of William Gladstone. From 1884 to his election to parliament he was Secretary of the Midland Counties Miners' Federation. He was elected to Staffordshire County Council at its inception in 1889 and sat until his death. In 1894 he was a founding member of the Midlands Liberal Federation. He was twice approached by the Liber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
