William Cluse
William Sampson Cluse (20 December 1875 – 8 September 1955) was a British Labour Party politician.[1][2]
Born in Islington, he was orphaned at the age of five, by the time he was eleven Cluse was working part-time. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to the printing trade.[2] In 1900 he entered politics, joining the Social Democratic Federation.
During the
At the 1923 general election he was elected Member of Parliament for Islington South. Re-elected twice, he lost his seat at the 1931 general election. He regained the seat in 1935, retiring from parliament at the 1950 general election.[1][2][5] He held a minor post in the war-time coalition government as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport and then to the Minister of Aircraft Production.[2]
On 17 December 1942,
He married Alice Louise Warner in 1902 and the couple had two children.[2]
References
- ^ a b "CLUSE, William Sampson". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Obituary: Mr. W. S. Cluse". The Times. 16 September 1955. p. 13.
- ^ "Borough Council Elections". The Times. 4 November 1919. p. 14.
- ^ "Labour Rout In London". The Times. 4 November 1922. p. 16.
- ^ "M.P.s Not Seeking Re-Election". The Times. 16 February 1950. p. 5.
- ^ Helm, Toby (11 December 2022). "MPs to mark day in 1942 when the Commons finally recognised the Holocaust". The Observer.