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Ronald McKinnon Wood
Ronald McKinnon Wood (11 May 1892–22 October 1967) was a Labour Member of London County Council for Bethnal Green from 1946 to 1961. He served as Chairman of London County Council from 1957 to 1958. The son of Thomas McKinnon Wood, he was educated at Highgate School, Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood and Pembroke College, Cambridge.‘WOOD, R(onald) McKinnon’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016 He married Gwendoline Elaine Dykes Spicer, daughter of Sir Albert Spicer, 1st Baronet Sir Albert Spicer, 1st Baronet PC (16 March 1847 – 20 December 1934) was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician. He was born in Brixton, London, the son of James Spicer D.L. of Alton, Hampshire (1807–1888), a wealthy paper merc ... in 1918. They had three children together. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Ronald McKinnon 1892 births 1967 deaths People educated at Highgate School People educated at Merchant Taylors' Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |