McEntee was born in Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire) near Dublin, the son of William Charles McEntee, a physician, and Catherine, daughter of Valentine Burchell.
After leaving the SPGB McEntee joined the Independent Labour Party. By 1908 he was back in the SDF, being a local election candidate for that organisation in Walthamstow in that year. In 1909 he published a short pamphlet Socialism Explained, a criticism of capitalism. The following year he was a delegate at the Social Democratic Party (as the SDF had been renamed) Conference and was elected to its 1910–1911 Executive Committee.
McEntee presumably became a member of the Labour Party via the British Socialist Party, the successor to the SDF, which affiliated in 1916. During the later part of the First World War he was a member of the relatively large and actively anti-war North London Herald League, as documented in Ken Weller's Don't Be a Soldier. (Other ex-SPGBers in the NLHL include R. M. Fox of Smokey Crusade fame; Les Boyne, an early member who was also in E. J. B. Allen's Advocates of Industrial Unionism and Industrial League. Harry Young, first active in the NLHL, was an SPGB member later in life.)
In 1920, McEntee became a local councillor for the Labour Party in Walthamstow. He went on to become MP for Walthamstow West from 1922 to 1924 and again from 1929 to 1950, and served Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Works, George Hicks, from 1942 to 1945. He was also Mayor of Walthamstow from 1929 to 1930 and 1951 to 1952. He was appointed a CBE in 1948 and, in 1951, he was elevated to the peerage as Baron McEntee, of Walthamstow in the County of Essex,[1] in recognition of his "political and public services".[2]
McEntee was twice married. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Crawford, in 1892. After her death he married Catherine, daughter of Charles Windsor, in 1920. He died in February 1953, aged 82, when the barony became extinct.
valentine, mcentee, baron, mcentee, valentine, touche, mcentee, baron, mcentee, january, 1871, february, 1953, irish, born, labour, member, parliament, united, kingdom, contents, background, career, personal, life, references, sources, external, linksbackgroun. Valentine la Touche McEntee 1st Baron McEntee CBE 16 January 1871 11 February 1953 was an Irish born Labour Member of Parliament MP in the United Kingdom Contents 1 Background 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 References 5 Sources 6 External linksBackground editMcEntee was born in Kingstown now Dun Laoghaire near Dublin the son of William Charles McEntee a physician and Catherine daughter of Valentine Burchell Career editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Valentine McEntee 1st Baron McEntee news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message McEntee was a carpenter by trade From 1896 to 1899 like Con Lehane he was a member of James Connolly s Irish Socialist Republican Party After a brief stay in the United States he moved to London and became a member of Social Democratic Federation SDF whence he went on to help found the Socialist Party of Great Britain in June 1904 So far as is known McEntee was not at all active in the SPGB He resigned on 4 March 1905 after he was nominated as parliamentary candidate for the Labour Representation Committee predecessor of the Labour Party After leaving the SPGB McEntee joined the Independent Labour Party By 1908 he was back in the SDF being a local election candidate for that organisation in Walthamstow in that year In 1909 he published a short pamphlet Socialism Explained a criticism of capitalism The following year he was a delegate at the Social Democratic Party as the SDF had been renamed Conference and was elected to its 1910 1911 Executive Committee McEntee presumably became a member of the Labour Party via the British Socialist Party the successor to the SDF which affiliated in 1916 During the later part of the First World War he was a member of the relatively large and actively anti war North London Herald League as documented in Ken Weller s Don t Be a Soldier Other ex SPGBers in the NLHL include R M Fox of Smokey Crusade fame Les Boyne an early member who was also in E J B Allen s Advocates of Industrial Unionism and Industrial League Harry Young first active in the NLHL was an SPGB member later in life In 1920 McEntee became a local councillor for the Labour Party in Walthamstow He went on to become MP for Walthamstow West from 1922 to 1924 and again from 1929 to 1950 and served Parliamentary Private Secretary PPS to the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Works George Hicks from 1942 to 1945 He was also Mayor of Walthamstow from 1929 to 1930 and 1951 to 1952 He was appointed a CBE in 1948 and in 1951 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron McEntee of Walthamstow in the County of Essex 1 in recognition of his political and public services 2 Personal life editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Valentine McEntee 1st Baron McEntee news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message McEntee was twice married He married Elizabeth daughter of Edward Crawford in 1892 After her death he married Catherine daughter of Charles Windsor in 1920 He died in February 1953 aged 82 when the barony became extinct References edit No 39278 The London Gazette 6 July 1951 p 3684 No 39243 The London Gazette 1 June 1951 p 3061 Sources edit Valentine McEntee Dictionary of Labour Biography volume X Socialist Party of Great Britain 1904 1913 membership register External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Valentine McEntee Portraits of Valentine La Touche McEntee 1st Baron McEntee of Walthamstow at the National Portrait Gallery London nbsp Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byCharles Jesson Member of Parliament for Walthamstow West1922 1924 Succeeded byHorace Crawfurd Preceded byHorace Crawfurd Member of Parliament for Walthamstow West1929 1950 Succeeded byClement Attlee Peerage of the United Kingdom New creation Baron McEntee1951 1953 Extinct Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Valentine McEntee 1st Baron McEntee amp oldid 1158330828, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
