Lincoln Evans
Sir Lincoln Evans
Born in
In 1945, Evans was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), where he worked closely with Arthur Deakin, Will Lawther and Tom Williamson to form a right-wing group strongly opposed to Marxism. He also chaired the TUC's economic committee.[2] He attended the World Trade Union Conference that same year.
Evans was elected as General Secretary of the ISTC in 1946, and also took a place on the Iron and Steel Board. Two years later, he left the Iron and Steel Board to join the Economic Planning Board, and in 1952, he also became vice-chairman of the British Productivity Council.[3] The following year, he resigned all his existing posts, and accepted a knighthood from the Conservative Prime Minister. He then became the full-time deputy chairman of the Iron and Steel Board. This was highly controversial, as the role now involved assisting the Conservative government in privatising the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain,[1] contrary to the policy of his former union.
Evans largely retired in 1960, but remained a part-time member of the Iron and Steel Board until his death in 1970.[2]