Henry W. Lee

Henry W. Lee, often known as H. W. Lee (10 July 1865 - fl. 1935) was a prominent British socialist.

Born in London, Lee joined the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) around 1883 and soon became the Secretary of the party. He held this position until the organisation dissolved itself into the new British Socialist Party. Again appointed the Secretary, he held the post for only two years, in 1913 taking over from Harry Quelch as editor of "Justice".

Lee supported British involvement World War I, alongside such prominent party members as H. M. Hyndman and Will Thorne. However, this proved to be a minority position in the party, and Lee was a member of the right-wing split of 1916 which founded the National Socialist Party. This group opposed the October Revolution, and Lee wrote a pamphlet entitled "Bolshevism: A Curse and Danger to the Workers" [ [http://www.workersliberty.org/node/7450 Labour Anti-Bolshevism in 1919] ]

Lee stepped down from his editorial post in 1923, [Tamiment Institute, "Labour History"] but remained on the national executive of the associated group, now again known as the "Social Democratic Federation". [Nesta Helen Webster, "The Socialist Network"]

In 1935, Lee wrote "Social-Democracy in Britain", a history of the movement to date.

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