herbert, elvin, trade, unionist, herbert, henry, elvin, july, 1874, november, 1949, british, trade, unionist, born, eckington, derbyshire, elvin, left, school, although, later, studied, with, people, palace, birkbeck, college, city, london, college, became, pr. Herbert Henry Elvin 18 July 1874 10 November 1949 was a British trade unionist Born in Eckington Derbyshire Elvin left school at the age of 14 1 although he later studied with the People s Palace Birkbeck College and the City of London College 2 He became a preacher at the age of fifteen and spent seven years in India 2 Elvin joined the National Union of Clerks in 1894 and became a prominent figure holding the post of honorary secretary from 1906 then general secretary from 1909 serving until 1941 He was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress TUC in 1925 and served as President of the TUC in 1938 He also worked as British labour advisor to the International Labour Organization and on the executive of the League of Nations Union 1 In his spare time he organised Slum Children s Outings for the East End He also stood unsuccessfully as a Labour Party candidate in Bath at the 1922 general election then Watford in 1924 2 Spen Valley in 1929 and on one further occasion He was elected to Middlesex County Council to represent Harrow East in 1946 3 1 Two of Elvin s children became prominent figures Lionel became Principal of Ruskin College and George became General Secretary of the Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians 4 References edit a b c Report of the 49th Annual Conference Labour Party p 38 a b c The Labour Who s Who 1927 p 64 Middlesex County Council Harrow Observer 7 March 1946 p 2 Margaret Cole The Life of G D H Cole p 113 Trade union offices Preceded byCharles Dyer General Secretary of the National Union of Clerks and Administrative Workers1906 1941 Succeeded byFred Woods Preceded byDavid Grenfell and Samuel Lomax Auditor of the Trades Union Congress1922 1924 With Samuel Lomax 1922 1923 John Twomey 1924 Succeeded bySamuel Lomax and John Twomey Preceded byErnest Bevin President of the Trades Union Congress1938 Succeeded byJoseph Hallsworth Preceded byJoseph Jones and John W Stephenson Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour1939 Succeeded byWalter Citrine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Herbert Elvin trade unionist amp oldid 1097086342, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
