Sir Frank Walter Goldstone (7 December 1870 – 25 December 1955) was a British teacher, trade unionist and politician.

Biography

Goldstone was born in Bishopwearmouth,

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(now

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) on 7 December 1870. The third son of a stained-glass artist, he attended Borough Road Traininge College,

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after completing education at Diamond Hall in

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. From 1891 to 1910, Goldstone was an assistant master at Bow Street school in Sheffield. In 1895, he had married Elizabeth Alice Henderson of Whittingham, Northumberland. They had two children, Elsie (born 1897) and Frank (born 1899). A member of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), he became president of the subgroup National Federation of Class Teachers in 1902, a member of the Executive Committee of the NUT in 1902 and Chair of its Law Committee in 1904. In 1910, he stepped up his participation in the NUT, serving as Organization Secretary (1910–1918), Assistant Secretary (1918–1924) and finally General Secretary (1924–1931).

Politics

Shortly before the December 1910 election, Goldstone was chosen as the

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candidate for

, as a late replacement for R. J. Wilson (a member of the

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). After winning the seat, he was appointed Labour Chief Whip in 1914. He lost his seat at the 1918 election.

Later life

Goldstone was

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by George V at

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on 29 June 1931, the same year he retired as General Secretary of NUT. Subsequently, he served three years as principal of a tutorial college. In 1942 his wife died in Ipswich, and Goldstone followed in the same town on 25 December 1955.

References

* Duncan Tanner, ''Goldstone, Sir Frank Walter (1870–1955)'', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edition, Jan 200
accessed 16 May 2008

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