William Adamson, Rt. Hon.
(Born: 1863)
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Biographical Notes
Adamson, William, Rt. Hon. Member of the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. An official of the Fife Miners' Association. Formerly leader of the Labour Party of the House of Commons.
Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
Biographical Notes
Adamson, Rt. Hon. Wm. M.P. for West Fife and Secretary for Scotland from Jan.-Nov., 1924, and Secretary of State for Scotland from June, 1929 Assistant and General Secretary for 27 years of the Fife, Clackmannan and Kinross Miners' Union, and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 1917-1921. LL.D. St. Andrew's, 1927 LL.D. Glasgow, 1929. Trustee of the National Library of Scotland since 1925. Born in 1863, son of a miner, and was himself a miner for 27 years. Strong advocate of nationalisation of mines. Address: The Cottage, Park Avenue, Dunfermline, Fife. (Telephone: Dunfermline 400).
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
- 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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