Tom Williams, Baron Williams of Barnburgh
Thomas Williams, Baron Williams of Barnburgh,
coal miner who became a Labour Party politician.[2]
Career
Born in
Bolton-upon-Dearne Urban District Council
.
He was elected at the 1922 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley,[1][4][5] and held the seat until he stepped down at the 1959 general election.[6]
In Parliament
In the
Second Labour Government from 1929 to 1931, he was PPS to the Minister of Labour, Margaret Bondfield.[2]
Williams first held ministerial office in
Labour government, he was Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1945 to 1951,[2] most notably steering the Agriculture Act 1947 through the House of Commons.[8] After Labour lost the 1951 general election he was the opposition spokesperson on Agriculture until 1959.[2]
After his retirement from the House of Commons in 1959, he was created a life peer on 2 February 1961 taking the title Baron Williams of Barnburgh, of Barnburgh in the West Riding of the County of York.[9][10]
His autobiography, in which he gives an account of his life since childhood, was published in 1965 with a foreword by Clement Attlee.[11]
References
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
- ^ ISBN 0-85527-335-6.
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- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ "No. 32775". The London Gazette. 8 December 1922. p. 8712.
- ^ "62 M.P.S Not To Stand Again For Election: Four Not Readopted". The Times. 30 July 1959. p. 4.
- ^ "Privy Counsellors 1915–1968". Leigh Rayment's peerage pages. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
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- ^ "No. 42231". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 December 1960. p. 8889.
- ^ "No. 42272". The London Gazette. 7 February 1961. p. 933.
- ^ Williams, Thomas (1965). Digging for Britain. The Autobiography of Lord Williams of Barnburgh. London: Hutchinsons of London.