Patrick Dollan

Patrick Dollan

Sir Patrick Joseph Dollan (1885–1963) and his wife, Agnes, Lady Dollan (née Moir; 1887–1966) were Glasgow activists in the Scottish Independent Labour Party. During the First World War they campaigned against the Munitions of War Act of 1915 which suspended trade unionists' rights for the duration of hostilities.

Early years

Born in Baillieston and raised Catholic, Dollan attended St Bridget's elementary school until he was ten years old. He later joined his father working as a minor at the Clydeside Colliery.

Activism

Patrick and Agnes Dollan were vocal in raising awareness of the plight of thousands of Glasgow tenants who were having their rents raised at a time when military conscription had reduced their earning potential. Government concern at the volatile situation in the city led to the Rent Restrictions Act of November 1915, freezing rents at pre-war levels.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1920s he was the author of a booklet, The Clyde Rent War!, a narrative of the Glasgow rent strikes of 1915-16, which also contained proposals for housing policy reform. In 1939 he won the inaugural St Mungo Prize, which is awarded triannually to the person deemed to have done the most to promote and improve the city of Glasgow in the previous three years. At the beginning of World War II, Dollan encouraged his fellow Glaswegians to support the war effort against fascism, for which efforts he was later knighted.^[1]

Miscellanea

He served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1938-41. He was later knighted.^{[citation needed]}

The Dollan Baths in East Kilbride, Scotland's first Olympic-sized swimming pool, is named in his honour.

External links

• Newspaper articles by Patrick Dollan in 1915, from the Glasgow Digital Library
• Google Books reference to the Dollans

References

1. ^ Profile of Sir Patrick Dollan

Persondata
Name	Dollan, Patrick Joseph
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish politician, activist and writer
Date of birth	1885
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Date of death	1963
Place of death	Glasgow, Scotland, UK