Peter Lee (miner)

Peter Lee (miner)

Peter Lee (1864-1935) was a miner's leader, county councillor and Methodist local preacher, born in Trimdon Grange. He started working in a colliery at the age of ten. He became the chairman of England's first Labour county council at Durham in 1919.cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47636|title=Lee, Peter (1864–1935), trade unionist|last=Mason|first=Tony|date=2004|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=2008-05-29] He also served as general secretary and then president of the MFGB. [cite web|url=http://www.peterlee.gov.uk/about/13-4298.asp|title=Peter Lee the Man|work=Peterlee Town Council website|publisher=Peterlee Town Council|accessdate=2008-05-29]

The new town of Peterlee was named after him.

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