Adams, Mary Jane Bridges- [née Mary Jane Daltry] (1854–1939), socialist and educationist, was born on 19 October 1854 at Maesycwmer, Bedwas, Monmouthshire, south Wales, the daughter of William Daltry, an engine fitter, and his wife, Margaret Jones. She was born into a family of civil engineers, and her father later held an appointment at the ...
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Adams, Mary Jane Bridges- [née Mary Jane Daltry] (1854–1939), socialist and educationist
Jane Martin
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Adams, Maurice (1850–1935), socialist and moral philosopher
Mark Bevir
Adams, Maurice (1850–1935), socialist and moral philosopher, was born in Monkstown, co. Dublin, probably in December 1850, the youngest child of John Botwell Adams (1814–1889), a general agent who specialized in building and insurance work, and his wife, Martha Moore (...
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Adderley, James Granville (1861–1942), Church of England clergyman and Christian socialist
N. C. Masterman
Adderley, James Granville (1861–1942), Church of England clergyman and Christian socialist, was born on 1 July 1861 at Hams Hall, Warwickshire, the fifth and youngest son of Charles Bowyer Adderley, first Baron Norton (1814–1905), and his wife, Julia Anne Eliza (d. 1887)...
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Adderley, James Granville (1861–1942)
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James Granville Adderley (1861–1942) by Lafayette, 1932 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Atkinson, Mabel (1876–1958), feminist and socialist
Sue Innes
Atkinson, Mabel (1876–1958), feminist and socialist, was born on 22 May 1876 at Ridley Mill, Broomley, near Stocksfield, in rural Northumberland. She was the daughter of John Boland Atkinson, inspector of mines, and his wife, Jane, née Elliott (b. 1853), feminist and militant suffragette; she had four brothers and one sister. Her parents were, as she later said, progressive and sympathetic on female education and employment. As a young woman, however, she chafed against restrictive middle-class Victorian behaviour and dress; she considered the bicycle '...
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Ball, Sidney (1857–1918), socialist and educational reformer
F. S. Lee
Ball, Sidney (1857–1918), socialist and educational reformer, was born on 20 April 1857 at Perrott House, Bridge Street, Pershore, Worcestershire, the second of seven children of Edwin Ball (d. 1867), solicitor, and his wife, Mary Ann (d. 1899), daughter of Owen Ffoulkes...
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Barbour [née Rough], Mary (1875–1958), labour activist and politician
Audrey Canning
Barbour [née Rough], Mary (1875–1958), labour activist and politician, was born on 22 February 1875 in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, third of the seven children born to James Rough, carpet weaver, and his wife, Jane Gavin. After being educated locally, Mary left school at the age of fourteen. She began work as a thread twister in ...
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Barmby [née Watkins], Catherine Isabella [pseud. Kate] (1816/17–1853), utopian socialist and writer on women's emancipation
Barbara Taylor
Barmby [née Watkins], Catherine Isabella [pseud. Kate] (1816/17–1853), utopian socialist and writer on women's emancipation, was the daughter of Bridstock Watkins, a government officer. Little is known of her early life, but like most women of lower-middle class backgrounds she seems to have had some education, certainly enough to assist her in becoming an effective writer and lecturer....
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Barmby, (John) Goodwyn (1820–1881), Chartist and socialist
Matthew Lee
Barmby, (John) Goodwyn (1820–1881), Chartist and socialist, was born at Yoxford in Suffolk and was baptized on 12 November 1820. His father, John, a solicitor, married to Julia, died when he was fourteen years old. Goodwyn—he never used his first Christian name—had no formal school education but read widely. He eschewed the professions and followed a career of social and political radicalism, reputedly addressing small audiences of agricultural labourers when aged sixteen....
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Barnes [née Cappuccio], Annie (1886–1982), socialist and suffragist
Elizabeth Crawford
Barnes [née Cappuccio], Annie (1886–1982), socialist and suffragist, was born in Limehouse, London, on 6 October 1886, the eldest of the twelve children of Lorenzo Cappuccio (c.1868–1935) and his wife, Antonietta (c.1865–1910). Her birth was unregistered, as were those of all her siblings until that of her youngest sister in 1909. Her father was an immigrant from ...
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Barton [née Stockton], Eleanor (1872–1960), socialist and co-operative movement activist
David Doughan
Barton [née Stockton], Eleanor (1872–1960), socialist and co-operative movement activist, was born in Ardwick, Manchester, on 13 July 1872 (her birth, like those of her siblings, appears not to have been registered), the only daughter and second of four children (she had three brothers) of ...
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Bentinck, Ruth Mary Cavendish- [née Ruth Mary St Maur] (1867–1953), women's suffragist and socialist
David Doughan
Bentinck, Ruth Mary Cavendish- [née Ruth Mary St Maur] (1867–1953), women's suffragist and socialist, was born in Tangier on 21 October 1867, the illegitimate daughter of Edward Adolphus Ferdinand St Maur, Earl St Maur (1835–1869), eldest son of the twelfth duke of Somerset...
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Boswell, James Edward Buchanan (1906–1971)
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James Edward Buchanan Boswell (1906–1971) self-portrait, 1950 courtesy Estate of the Artist & John Gainsborough / Tate Gallery Archive
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Boswell, James Edward Buchanan (1906–1971), painter and socialist
Julian Freeman
Boswell, James Edward Buchanan (1906–1971), painter and socialist, was born on 9 June 1906 in Westport, New Zealand. His father, Edward Blair Buchanan Boswell (1860–1933), who was born in Stewarton, Scotland, was deputy headmaster of the local high school, an artistic dilettante and amateur watercolourist; his mother, ...
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Chris Braithwaite (1885–1944), by unknown photographer, c. 1940
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Braithwaite, Christopher Messiah [Chris] (1885–1944), seafarers’ organizer, pan-Africanist and socialist
Christian Høgsbjerg
Braithwaite, Christopher Messiah [Chris Jones] (1885–1944), seafarers’ organizer, pan-Africanist and socialist, was born in the British West Indian colony of Barbados, on either 15 February or 15 January 1885 (Merchant Navy seamen’s records; 1939 Register), the son of Joseph Braithwaite...
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Bray, John Francis (1809–1897), socialist and writer
Noel Thompson
Bray, John Francis (1809–1897), socialist and writer, was born on 26 June 1809 in Washington, DC, USA, the eldest of seven children of John Bray, comedian and singer, and his wife, Sarah Hunt. His ancestors were primarily farmers and cloth manufacturers who had worked in or near ...
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Buchanan, Robert (1813–1866)
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Robert Buchanan (1813–1866) by unknown engraver © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Buchanan, Robert (1813–1866), socialist
Matthew Lee
Buchanan, Robert (1813–1866), socialist, was born at Ayr. After working as a tailor, he joined the Huddersfield Owenites in 1837 and between 1838 and 1842 was a peripatetic socialist lecturer and missionary. Despite his socialism, Buchanan was also a contributor to the Chartist ...
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Campbell, Alexander (1796–1870), Owenite socialist and journalist
Noel Thompson
Campbell, Alexander (1796–1870), Owenite socialist and journalist, was born near the point of Skipness, in Kintyre, Argyll. He was apprenticed as a joiner in Glasgow and set up his own business, which he pursued with some success. He was influenced early in his life by the ideas of ...
