C. W. Bowerman

Thomas Naylor
Thomas Naylor
Personal details
Born	22 January 1851; Honiton, Devon, England
Died	11 June 1947 (aged 96); Highbury, London, England
Political party	Labour; Progressive;
Occupation	jeweller

Charles William Bowerman

PC (22 January 1851 – 11 June 1947), often known as C. W. Bowerman, was a British trade unionist and politician

.

Life

Born in

Hour newspaper before moving to The Daily Telegraph. He joined the London Society of Compositors

in 1873 and became its General Secretary in 1892, a post he held until 1906.

In 1893, Bowerman joined the Fabian Society, and in 1897, he was elected to the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress, the body which later became the General Council. In 1901, was elected as a Progressive Party alderman on London County Council, a position he held until 1907.

Bowerman was the President of the TUC in 1901, and the Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee from 1911 until 1921, when he became the organisation's first

General Secretary

. He retired from the post in 1923.

In

privy councillor

in 1916.

In the years following his defeat, Bowerman joined the

Co-operative Printing Society

.

He died on 11 June 1947.

Legacy

There is a plaque commemorating Bowerman on 4 Battledean Road, a house in London N5.^[1]

References

Encyclopedia of Marxism: Glossary of People
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

^ "A-Z of Islington's Plaques". Islington Council. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

External links

1903 photo
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Bowerman

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton	Member of Parliament for Deptford 1906–1931	Succeeded by Denis Hanley
Preceded by T. P. O'Connor	Oldest Member of Parliament (not Father of the House) 1929–1931	Succeeded by Samuel Samuel
Trade union offices
Preceded by C. J. Drummond	General Secretary of the London Society of Compositors 1892–1906	Succeeded by Thomas Naylor
Preceded by William Inskip	Treasurer of the Trades Union Congress 1899–1901	Succeeded by W. C. Steadman
Preceded by Francis Chandler	Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress 1900
Preceded by William Pickles	President of the Trades Union Congress 1901
Preceded by W. C. Steadman	Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress 1911–1921	Office abolished
New office	General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress 1921–1923	Succeeded by Fred Bramley

[1] "A-Z of Islington's Plaques". Islington Council. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

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