Henry White (UK politician)

Henry White (UK politician)

Henry White (5 August 1890 – 4 February 1964) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of North East Derbyshire from 1942-1959.

White was a miner and served as vice-president of the Derbyshire Mineworkers' Association for four years and as a branch secretary for 18 years. He was a councillor and alderman on Derbyshire County Council for many years and divisional party organiser.He was first elected to Parliament unopposed in a by-election in 1942, following the death of the sitting MP Frank Lee. He died in Chesterfield aged 73.

References

*Rayment


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Henry White — may refer to:*Henry Graham White (1880 ndash;1965), British Liberal Member of Parliament for Birkenhead East 1922 ndash;1924 and 1929 ndash;1945 *Henry Julian White (1859 ndash;1934), biblical scholar *Henry Kirke White (1785 ndash;1806), English …   Wikipedia

  • Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly — (1791 3 September 1873), was an Irish British Army soldier and politician.Annaly was the son of Luke White, who had made a large fortune as a bookseller and lottery operator in Dublin. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Peter de la Mazière. He …   Wikipedia

  • Henry Goodridge (Alberta politician) — Infobox Politician (general) name= Henry Goodridge imagesize=300 title= Alderman on the Edmonton Town Council term start= 1899 term end= 1901 term start2=December 9, 1901 term end2=December 8, 1902 birth date= Unknown death date= February 25,… …   Wikipedia

  • Luke White (Irish politician) — Luke White (1740 ndash; 25 February 1824) was an Irish bookseller, operator of a lottery and Whig politician.In 1778 Luke White started as an impecunious book dealer, buying in Dublin and reselling around the country. By 1798, during the Irish… …   Wikipedia

  • William Henry White (politician) — William Henry White (born: August 21, 1865 City View, Canada West died: June 11, 1930) was a farmer and a federal politician from northern Alberta, Canada. External links* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=fd82d687… …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas White (Australian politician) — Sir Thomas Walter White KBE DFC (26 April 1888 – 13 October 1957) was an Australian politician.White was born at Hotham, North Melbourne, Victoria and educated at Moreland State School. In August 1914, he began training as an officer in the… …   Wikipedia

  • John White (Welsh politician) — John White (1590 – 29 January 1645) was a Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1645. White was from a family of merchants from Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He was the second son of Henry and Jane (née Fletcher) …   Wikipedia

  • John White (Kentucky politician) — Infobox Officeholder name =John White imagesize =200px small caption = order =19th office =Speaker of the United States House of Representatives term start =May 31, 1841 term end =March 4, 1843 president =William Henry Harrison John Tyler… …   Wikipedia

  • White (surname) — White is a surname. In the 1990 United States Census, White ranked fourteenth among all reported surnames in frequency, accounting for 0.28% of the population. [United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). . Retrieved on 2008 07 04.] A list of… …   Wikipedia

  • Henry Morgenthau, Jr. — Henry Morgenthau, Jr. 52nd United States Secretary of the Treasury In office January 1, 1934 – July 22, 1945 President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1934 1945) …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”