Robert Alexander Peddie (1869 – 1951) was a

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trade unionist and political activist. Peddie joined the

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in 1892, and was an early member of the

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, serving for a time as a member of the executive of its London Federation. In 1896, he served briefly as secretary of the

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, and also as secretary to the agenda committee for the International Socialist Congress. Peddle worked in London as a librarian for the St. Bride Foundation Typographical Library and in 1914 delivered the Cantor Lectures at the RSA House of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peddie, Robert 1869 births 1951 deaths Members of the Fabian Society Scottish trade unionists