Meredith Farrer Titterington (1886 – 28 October 1949) was a British

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and

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politician. He was elected as

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(MP) for Bradford South at the

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, but died in office in 1949, aged 63. Aged eleven he started work in a dyeworks but went to night school and, in 1909, won a scholarship to

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. Upon completing his studies he worked for the

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the "Amalgamated Society of Stuff and Woollen Warehousemen" and in 1915 became their General Secretary. During the war period 1914 - 1918 he was on the Wool Council.''

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'' "Obituaries: M F Titterington MP" 29 Oct 1949; pg7. In 1919, he served as acting secretary of the

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, and from 1930 until 1936, he was the organisation's president. In 1919 he was elected to

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, becoming an alderman in 1929 and Lord Mayor in 1939.

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* 1886 births 1949 deaths Labour Co-operative MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1945–1950 Mayors of Bradford {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub