Ernest Thurtle
Ernest Thurtle Charles Harold Summersby | |
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| Born | 11 November 1884 Port Jervis, New York, U.S. |
| Died | 22 August 1954 (aged 69) Epsom, Surrey, England |
| Political party | Labour |
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| Children | 2 |
Ernest Thurtle (11 November 1884 – 22 August 1954) was a British Labour politician.
Biography
Thurtle worked as an accountant and salesman. He saw service in the army in
Thurtle contested South West Bethnal Green and Shoreditch without success and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Shoreditch, London from 1923 to 1931 and from 1935 to 50, then Shoreditch and Finsbury from 1950 until his death.
Thurtle's greatest achievement in
The argument that it would reduce the determination of the soldiers was countered by the fact that Australia had always made it clear when it joined the war effort that none of its men would be executed for these crimes. No Australians were shot for cowardice or desertion, but it was clear that their troops had been as effective as any others in the war. Thurtle continued to be involved in ex-servicemen's associations.
At the Labour Party conference in 1923, Thurtle supported two republican motions. The first stated "that the Royal Family is no longer a necessary party of the British constitution" and the second was "that the hereditary principle in the British Constitution be abolished".[1]
Thurtle was a
Thurtle was General Secretary of the Rationalist Press Association 1932-40[2] and, in 1941, its Chairman.[3]
References
- ^ Kingsley Martin,The Crown and the Establishment. London, Hutchinson. 1962 (p.53–54)
- ^ Tribe, David H. (1967). 100 Years of Freethought. London: Elek. p. 182.
- ^ Whyte, Adam Gowans (1949). The Story of the R.P.A. 1899-1949. London: Watts & Co. p. 93
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ernest Thurtle
- Shot at Dawn
- E Thurtle: Times winged chariot Chaterson, London, 1945
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