William Thomas Adams (10 September 1884 – 9 January 1949) was a British

Labour Co-operative Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated Labour Co-op; cy, Llafur a'r Blaid Gydweithredol) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party. Candidat ...

politician in London who served as a

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(MP) for the last four years of his life. Adams was the son of John Adams, from

Oxted Oxted is a town and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England, at the foot of the North Downs. It is south south-east of Croydon in Greater London, west of Sevenoaks in Kent, and north of East Grinstead in West Sussex. Oxte ...

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. He was educated at a London Board School and became a clerk, and was married in 1908 to Florence Nightingale. He was elected as a member of

Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough Council Hammersmith was a Civil parishes in England, civil parish and Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, metropolitan borough in London, England. It was formed as a civil parish in 1834 from the chapelry of Hammersmith that had existed in the ...

in 1934, became an

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in 1938, and was Leader of the Council from 1944 to 1945. He was elected at the 1945 general election as the

(MP) for Hammersmith South, having contested the seat unsuccessfully in

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

. During his time in the Commons, he never made a

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. He died in office four years later, aged 64.

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* Labour Co-operative MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1945–1950 Members of Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough Council 1949 deaths 1884 births {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub