george, william, brown, trade, unionist, george, william, brown, born, 1880, british, trade, unionist, politician, born, kingston, upon, hull, brown, became, train, driver, relocated, bristol, joined, national, union, railwaymen, became, organising, secretary,. George William Brown born 1880 was a British trade unionist and politician Born in Kingston upon Hull Brown became a train driver and relocated to Bristol He joined the National Union of Railwaymen NUR and became its organising secretary in the city in 1912 He served as the president of Bristol Trades Council and as acting president of the Bristol district of the Labour Party from 1916 to 1918 In 1918 Brown was elected to Bristol City Council serving for two years 1 In 1933 Brown was elected as the assistant general secretary of the NUR and he served until 1940 References edit The Labour Who s Who London Labour Publishing Company 1927 p 28 Trade union offices Preceded byJohn Marchbank Assistant General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen1933 1940 Succeeded byJohn Benstead Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George William Brown trade unionist amp oldid 1169802798, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
