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McGovern, John (1887–1968), politician and moral re-armament campaigner
Irene Maver
McGovern, John (1887–1968), politician and moral re-armament campaigner, was born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, on 13 December 1887, one of six children of Thomas McGovern, steel smelter, and his wife, Agnes McInally, a textile mill worker. In 1895 the family moved to Shettleston, a mining community that was later incorporated into ...