Frederick Berriman (1879 – 1945) was a

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...

socialist politician. Born in

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

, Hall St Bedminster Berriman became a compositor, and joined the Typographical Association, serving as the President of the Bristol Typographical Society from 1913 until 1916. Through this, he was a member of the

Bristol Trades Council The Bristol Trades Council is a trades council representing workers in Bristol in England. History The first attempt to form a trades council in Bristol was in 1868, when the Council of Amalgamated Trades was created. However, by the following y ...

, and from 1920 until 1925 served as its vice-president. Berriman also joined the

Independent Labour Party The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a British political party of the left, established in 1893 at a conference in Bradford, after local and national dissatisfaction with the Liberal Party (UK), Liberals' apparent reluctance to endorse work ...

(ILP), and was chair of its Bristol branch from 1912 until 1916. As a

conscientious objector A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of conscience or religion. The term has also been extended to objecting to working for the military–indu ...

during

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, he was sentenced to

hard labour Penal labour is a term for various kinds of forced labour that prisoners are required to perform, typically manual labour. The work may be light or hard, depending on the context. Forms of sentence involving penal labour have included inv ...

. After release, he was again chair of the Bristol ILP from 1922 until 1925, when he became its secretary. The ILP was affiliated to the Labour Party, and Berriman became president of the Bristol Borough Labour Party in 1924. Berriman served as the representative of the South West district on the

National Administrative Council The National Administrative Council (NAC) was the executive council of the Independent Labour Party (ILP), a British socialist party which was active from 1893 until 1975. Creation The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was founded at a conference in ...

of the ILP from 1927 to 1929, after which he was elected to

Bristol City Council Bristol City Council is the local authority for the city of Bristol, in South West England. Bristol has had a council from medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1996 the council has been a unitary authority, being ...

. He devoted much of his time to the council, on which, unusually, the ILP worked jointly with the Labour Party; in 1937, he was elected as chair of the Labour group. He returned to the ILP National Administrative Council in 1939. In 1944, Berriman resigned his council seat, due to poor health, and he died the following year.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berriman, Fred 1879 births 1945 deaths Councillors in Bristol Independent Labour Party councillors Independent Labour Party National Administrative Committee members