John Trevor (Unitarian minister)

John Trevor (Unitarian minister)

John Trevor (1855-1930) was a Unitarian minister who formed The Labour Church.

Early life

John was born in Liverpool, though his mother died when he was still a child and was raised by his maternal grandmother who was a strict Johnsonian Baptist. John was converted to Christianity by a Unitarian minister.

Formation of the Labour Church

John Trevor formed The Labour Church in 1891 in Manchester. He left the Labour Church in 1900 and the Church never recovered from its lost and disappeared by World War I.

Death

After a decade of increasing loneliness John Trevor died in 1930 and was buried in Highgate cemetery.

References

* [http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ead/143.htm John Trevor Working Papers 1892-1968] . Retrieved: 15/1/06
* [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REtrevor.htm John Trevor] , Spartacus Education, Retrieved: 15/1/2005


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