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John MacKean McLachlan
John McKean McLachlan (27 August 1873 – 29 December 1930)''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995'' was a British socialist politician. McLachlan was elected to Levenshulme District Council in the early-1900s. He first became prominent as a left-wing member of the Independent Labour Party (ILP); at its 1906 conference, he was the lead opponent of a motion against military service, holding that such training would assist with building a citizen's army. During 1908, McLachlan supported Victor Grayson's independent "Right to Work" candidates for Manchester City Council, and also campaigned for Dan Irving of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) at the 1908 Manchester North West by-election. Duncan Tanner, ''Political Change and the Labour Party 1900-1918'' p.146 McLachlan himself stood in Ardwick for the city council in Ardwick in 1909, and was elected. Despite this, it was a surprise when he was adopted as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J M McLauchlan
J, or j, is the tenth Letter (alphabet), letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its usual name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''jay'' (pronounced ), with a now-uncommon variant ''jy'' ."J", ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989) When used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the palatal approximant, ''y'' sound, it may be called ''yod'' or ''jod'' (pronounced or ). History The letter ''J'' used to be used as the swash (typography), swash letter ''I'', used for the letter I at the end of Roman numerals when following another I, as in XXIIJ or xxiij instead of XXIII or xxiii for the Roman numeral twenty-three. A distinctive usage emerged in Middle High German. Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478–1550) was the first to explicitly distinguish I and J as representing separate sounds, in his ''Ɛpistola del Trissino de le lettere nuω ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
