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==People==
 
==People==
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===A Who’s Who of the Economic League===
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The following list takes two historical snapshots of the membership of the Economic League's main governing bodies: in the mid 1920's and at the time of the formation of the Limited Company in 1951. "1925", "1926" or "1927" after a name indicates the first known date of appointment; in some cases it might have been earlier be earlier. "1951" indicates that the person was a founding member of the Economic League Co Ltd. As as the way of things in Powerbase titles have been omitted in the name. however the are given at the end of the entry to assist in identification in other documents.
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*[[Edwin Airey]] Leeds 1926 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ H. Russell Allday]] 1951
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**[[H. G. Allen]] Central Council 1925
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**[[John Sandeman Allen]] Liverpool 1925 Titles:(MP)
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*[[ E. D. E. Andrewes]] Central Council 1972-1976 Res 1977
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**[[ Arthur Andrews]] Central Council 1925
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**[[ D. Andrews-Jones]] Central Council 1984
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**[[William Appleby]] Hon Treasurer North East Coast 1933 1951 Titles: Captain
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*[[ A. W. Archer]] Leeds 1926
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**[[O. C. Armstrong]] Central Council 1925 Titles:Colonel
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*[[ Peter E. Ashworth]] Central Council 1982
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**[[A. W. Astbury]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1925 Titles: Commander (MP)
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*[[ F.W. Bain]] Liverpool 1925
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**[[ J. Ellis Baker]] Central Council 1925
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**[[ Arthur Balfour]] Founder, Sheffield Executive 1926 Titles:Lord Riverdale
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*[[ H. Ballantyne]] Liverpool & District Organiser 1933
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**[[ J. B. Bardsley]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ T. B. Barker]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1925
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**[[ ArthurKentish Barnes]] Liverpool 1925
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**[[ Walter Barnet]] Midlands 1925
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**[[ David Barran]] Central Council 1972-79 (Resigned). Titles:Knighted
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*[[ President 1972/3]]
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**[[C. M. Bateman]] Central Council 1925Keighley 1926 Titles: Lieut. Colonel
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*[[ Rupert Beckett]] Titles:The Hon
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*[[ E. R. Benson]] Central Council 1925 Huddersfield (President) 1926
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**[[ P. A. Best]] London Exec
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**[[ M. M. Bidder]] Central Council 1925 Leeds 1926 Titles:Lieut. Colonel
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*[[ J. Spencer Binns]] Keighley 1926
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**[[ G. H. Bland]] Hull Executive 1925
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**[[ A. Blenkinsop]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ Charles Boot]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ W. J. Bridge]] Central Council 1984 Titles:Major
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*[[Harry Brittain]] 1951 Titles:Knighted (MP)
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*[[ E. S. Brocklehurst]] Hull Executive 1925 Titles:
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*[[Thomas Brodie]] Central Council 1984 (Vice President) Titles: Major
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*[[Raymond Brookes]] Central Council 1972-77 Resigned 1978 Titles: Lord Brookes from 1975
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*[[ W. Brooksbank]] Huddersfield & District Organiser 1933.
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**[[ F.E. Brown]] Huddersfield Executive 1926
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**[[ Peter Boswell Brown]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[Maurice B. Buchanan]] 1951 Titles: Colonel
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*[[ F. H. Burrell]] Hull Executive 1925
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**[[ Vincent Caillard]] Central Council 1925
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**[[Angus Dudley Fbi Campbell]] 1951 Titles:The Hon
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*[[ Alderman Thomas Canby]] Huddersfield Executive 1926
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**[[ A. J. Capro]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ W. H. Carey]] Nottinghamshire Committee 1927
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**[[ Carlile ]] Central Council 1972-83 Resigned 1984
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**[[ E. G. Carter]] Central Council North East Area 1971-1978 Died
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**[[ Nicholas Cayzer]] Central Council 1972 Titles:Lord Cayzer
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*[[ F. T. Chadwick]] Leeds 1926
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**[[J. Challen]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1927 Titles: Major
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*[[ Chamberlain ]] Central Council 19761977
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**[[ E. P. Chappell]] Central Council 1977-79 Titles: R
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*[[ R. Charlesworth]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[M. Cheverton-Brown]] Hull 1925 Titles: Alderman
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*[[ Alwyn Child]] Leeds 1925
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**[[ I. J. Chorley]] South Wales 1925
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**[[ William Bertram Chrimes]] Liverpool 1926
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**[[EdwinKitson Clark]] Leeds 1927 Titles:Lieut. Colonel
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*[[ Henry Clark]] North East Coast 1925
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**[[ W. Clark]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ William Joseph Clarke]] 1951
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**[[ Robert Clive]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ Henry S. Clough]] Keighley President 1926
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**[[ William Henry Coates]] Central Council 1927
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**[[ Charles Coggan]] Treasurer 1927Nottingham
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**[[ Clive Cookson]] North East Coast 1925 1951
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**[[H. B. Cordingley ]] Keighley 1926
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**[[Clifford Cory]] Central Council 1925 Titles:Knighted (MP)
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*[[ James Coull]] Central Council 1987
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**[[G. Craig ]] Leeds. Hudersfield 1926
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**[[ Archibald Crawford]] National Director of Policy and Propaganda 1925 1926
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**[[ Lawrence Crowther]] Huddersfield 1926
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**[[ C. A. W. Dawes]] Central Council 1971-1982 Died
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**[[ W. B. Denison]] Leeds 1926
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**[[ A. J. Denniss]] London 1925
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**[[ John Stanley Dettmer]] Central Council 1977-78 Vice President, Director General
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**[[ Edward Dixon]] Sheffield President. 1926 Central Council1925 Titles:
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*[[B. Paulin Dobson]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1927 Titles: Colonel
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*[[ E. Dobson]] London 1925
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**[[ Frank Dudley Docker]] Central Council 1925
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**[[ Arthur Dorman]] North East Coast 1926
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**[[ Lord Dowding]] Central Council 1984
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**[[ W. Newton Drew]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ R. J. Dunlop]] Central Council 1976-79
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**[[John Eaglesome]] Leeds 1926 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ S. G. T. Earle]] Midlands 1926
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**[[ P. G. Edwards]] Central Council North East 1977 - President?
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**[[ Elliott ]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ G. A. Ellis]] Huddersfield 1926
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**[[ William Henry Ellis]] Sheffield 1926 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ H. C. Else]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ Lord Erroll]] Central Council 1977-83
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**[[ J. Ormund Evans]] Midlands 1925
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**[[John Evetts]] Central Council 1972-1976 Titles:Lieut. Gen.Knighted
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*[[ D. Fahey]] Central Council 1983
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**[[Walter C. Fairer]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1927 Titles: Major
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*[[Henry Fildes]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1925 Titles:Knighted (MP)
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*[[ Victor Harold Finney]] Area Officer Lancashire & Cheshire 1933 Titles:(MP)
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*[[Bertram James Firkins]] 1951
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**[[Algernon F. Firth]] Central Council 1925 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ C. Firth]] Central Council 1976-84 Resigned 1985
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**[[ D. Flather]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[H. Glover Ford]] Nottingham General Committee Titles:Alderman
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*[[ J. H. B. Forster]] North East Coast 1925
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**[[ William Forster]] Nottingham 1927
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**[[W. Forster]] Leeds. Midlands 1925 Titles:Major
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*[[ N. Fowler]] Central Council Resigned 1976
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**[[ J. D. Fraser]] Central Council 1972-1974 Resigned 1975
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**[[ R. Fremantle]] Central Council 1983
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**[[ Henry Frith]] Keighley 1927
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**[[A. J. Gainsford]] Sheffield 1926 Titles:Major
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*[[ D. Gardner]] Central Council 1972-77
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**[[Aukland C. Geddes]] Chairman 1925-26 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ Philip Gee]] Central Council 1925
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**[[ Maurice S. Gibb]] North East Coast 1925
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**[[ Finaly A. Gibson]] Central Council 1925 South Wales 1925
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**[[ Robert Gladstone]] Liverpool 1925
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**[[ J. P. R. Glynn]] Central Council 1973-78 Resigned 1979
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**[[ W. Gosling]] Hull 1925
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**[[ Gould P. ]] Leeds. South Wales 1926
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**[[James Childs Gould ]] Central Council 1925 Titles:(MP)
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*[[ Maxwell Harper Gow]] Central Council 1984
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**[[A. B. Gowan]] North East Coast 1925
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**[[Knighted William Graham]] South Wales 1925
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**[[ H. A. Bennie Gray]] Huddersfield 1926
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**[[ P. D. C. Greenaway]] Central Council 1983
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**[[ John Horsley Gresham]] 1951
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**[[T.A.R Grieve]] Central Council11974-79
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**[[ Grimthorpe]] Central Council 1972-8 Titles: Lord
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*[[John Edward Grimble Groves]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1925 Titles:Colonel
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*[[ Nevile Gwyn Gwynne]] Central Council 1925
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**[[ M. Haddon-Grant]] Central Council 1980-1983
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**[[Robert A. Hadfield]] Central Council 1925 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ Graham Hale]] Central Council 1987
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**[[ C. A. C. Hamilton]] Central Council 1976-1979 Resigned 1980
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**[[ A. B. Hampton]] Central Council 1976
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**[[Edmund Lawrence Hann]] South Wales 1925
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**[[ H. D. S. Hardie]] Central Council 1980-1983
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**[[ Harding ]] Central Council 1986
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**[[ A. H. Hardisty]] Huddersfield 1926
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**[[ R. Harper]] South Wales 1925
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**[[ Joseph Harrison]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1925-1926
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**[[ A. D. Hartley]] Keighley 1926
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**[[ Arthur W. Heard]] South Wales 1925
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**[[ R. Henderson-Tate]] Chair North Midlands 1965-71 Central Council 1965-71
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**[[John Henry]] Central Council 1925 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ Lord Hewlett]] Nw Region 1976-79 Central Council 1978/79
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**[[W. L. Hey]] Central Council 1972-75 Titles: Colonel
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*[[ Hickingbotham]] Midlands 1925
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**[[ W. S. Hide]] Vice-pres Hull 1925
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**[[ E. J. Hill]] London 1925
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**[[ J. W. Hind]] Nottingham
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**[[ W. E. Hinde]] South Wales 1925
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**[[ Geoffrey A. N. Hirst]] Central Council 1934 To 1967 Titles:(MP)
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*[[ W. P. Hitch]] Leeds 1927
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**[[Robert Rawdon Hoare]] Joined Early 1930's As Regional Director Lancs And Cheshire Dg 1945-1959 Central Council 1959-75 Titles:Colonel
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*[[ John Richard Hobhouse]] 1951 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ C. E. Hodgkin]] London 1925 1926
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**[[Knighted Derrick Holden-Brown]] Central Council 1975-82
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**[[ H. Hollingworth]] Hudders 1926
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**[[ H. A. L. Hope]] Central Council 1973-1976
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**[[ E. Hoult]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ William Bolton Howarth]]
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**[[Charles Hudson]] Hull 1925 Titles: Colonel
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*[[ R. Hudson]] Keighley 1926
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**[[J. E. Hughes]] Central Council 1977 Titles: Dr
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*[[Edward Hulton]] Central Council 1925 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ E. C. C. Hunter]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1925
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**[[ Lindsay Clive Hunting]] Central Council 1975-1977
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**[[ A. E. Hurst]] Midlands 1925
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**[[ C. F. Hurst]] Central Council 1972-1977
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**[[James R. H. Hutchison]] 1951 Titles: Colonel (MP)
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*[[ William G. Ibberson]] Central Council 1972-1977
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**[[ Frank Impey]] Midlands
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**[[ Lord Invernairn]] Central Councili1925e (MP) Until 1933) 1951
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**[[ C. F. Jackson]] Midlands 1926
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**[[ H. F. Jakeman]] 1986
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**[[ Edgar J. Jenkins]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ Henry F. Joel]] London 1925
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**[[ J. A. Johnson]] Leeds 1927
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**[[ J. A. Jones]] Leeds 1927
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**[[ Trevor S. Jones]] South Wales 1925
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**[[Walter Benyon Jones]] 1951 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ Richard C. Kelly]] Central Council 1925
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**[[ D. Keys]] Central Council 1980-84
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**[[ Ernest R. Kilner]] 1951
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**[[ Newman King]] Keighley 1926
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**[[ Thomas King]] London 1926
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**[[ H. H. Kitson]] Leeds 1927
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**[[ Lionel Kitson]] Central Council 1927
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**[[ E. C. Lambert]] Vice-Pres Hull 1925
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**[[ A. Lynden Lawrence]] London 1925
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**[[ G. Alistair Lean]] Central Council 1982
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**[[ Harry Douglas Leather]] 1951
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**[[ R. E. Ledbury]] Midlands 1925 1926
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**[[A. N. Lee]] Sheffield 1926 Titles: Lieut Colonel
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*[[ A. S. Lee]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ William Alexande Lee]] Central Council 1925, 1951
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**[[ Percival Leigh]] Leeds 1927
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**[[ Hugh Lewis]] Liverpool 1926
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**[[ C. W. Lillie]] Leeds 1927
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**[[ S. Lineham]] Leeds 1927
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**[[ C. E. Linton]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ David Little]] Leeds 1926
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**[[ M. C. Lloyd]] Central Council 1972
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**[[ Benjamin Longbottom]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1925 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ A. P. Low]] Central Council 1972
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**[[ H. E. D. Mabbott]] Central Council 1927 Chair In Late 30's Lancashire & Cheshire 1925
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**[[ T. S. Macaskie]] Leeds 1927
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**[[ A. R. Macdonal]] Secretary Of West Of Scotland (?)
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**[[Stanley Machin]] London 1925 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ J. Mackay]] Sheffield
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**[[A. Mackenzie]] Central Council 1927 Leeds 1926 Titles: Dr
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*[[Robert Maclean]] Central Council 1973-1983 Vice President 1977-83 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ D. Macleod]] Central Council 1974-1983
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**[[W. W. Macpherson]] Leeds 1927 Titles: Major
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*[[Knighted Michael MalColonelm]] Central Council 1952-75
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**[[ Later Scotland]] Central Council
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**[[H. Vivian Mander]] Midland Counties 1926 Titles: Capt.
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*[[F. O. Mannion]] Organiser Nottingham 1933 Titles:Major
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*[[Edward Manville]] Central Council 1925 Fbi Etc Titles:Knighted
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*[[ D. S. Marjoribanks]] North East Coast 1925
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**[[ Ducan P. Marshal-Andrew]] Central Council 1982
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**[[ D. S. Martin]] Central Council 1976-1978
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**[[ Victor C. Matthews]] Central Council 1975-80. Enobled 1980(1981?)
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**[[ Hay Ingham Matthey]] Central Council 1972-1981 President 1980
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**[[A. Maxwell]] Treasurer 1925 Titles:Brig Gen
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*[[ James May]] Leeds 1927
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**[[ N. Mccaskie]] Huddersfield 1926
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**[[Harry McGowan]] Central Council 1925 Titles:Lord McGowan
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*[[Douglas McCraith]] Nottingham 1927 Titles:ir
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*[[ R. P. L. Mcmurtrie]] Central Council 1977-1980
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**[[ W. H. Mewton]] South Wales 1925
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**[[ James Miles]] Central Council 1925 South Wales 1925
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**[[ John L. Mills]] Central Council (Co-Opted) 1983 Central Council 1984 Titles:
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*[[ Anthony E. Minns]] Central Council 1952-74 Member Of The El Executive Finance committee (Est. 1956) Later Called The Policy-Finance Committee.
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**[[ N. R. M. Moir]] Central Council 1972-73
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**[[R. A.Kerr Mongomerry]] North East Coast 1925 Titles: Major GenKnighted
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*[[Herbert Morgan]] Central Council 1925 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ A. N. Mould]] Central Council 1972-1975
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**[[ M. J. Mowat]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ P. Maxwell Muller]] London 1925
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**[[ Alaister Murray]] Central Council 1958-1973 (Died) Chair Scotland 1958-1969 Pres Scotland 1969-1973 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ Max Muspratt]] Central Council 1925 Chair Liverpool 1925 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ Michael Nall]] Central Council 1983- Titles:Knighted
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*[[Leonard Neal]] Titles:Knighted
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*[[ George Horatio Nelson]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ N. R. Newsholme]] Keighley 1926
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**[[ Frank Nicholson]] North East Coast 1925
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**[[ J. L. Nicholson]] London 1925
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**[[ S. T. Nicholson]] Hull 1925
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**[[Adam Nimmo]] Central Council 1925 Titles:Knighted
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*[[Saxton William Noble]] Central Council 1925 Titles:Knighted
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*[[Ernest Fitzjohn Oldham]] London 1925 1926 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ M. D. Oliphant]] Central Council 1972-1973
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**[[ Lawrence W. Orchard]] Central Council 1975-77
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**[[ John Ormeroyd]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1925
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**[[ S. Osborn]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ W. Palmer]] Leeds + District Organiser 1933
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**[[ J. J. Parkes]] Central Council 1972-76
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**[[ Jimson Parsons]] Central Council 1975-
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**[[ H. Pearce]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1925
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**[[ Peter L. H. Pearson]] Central Council 1985
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**[[Jack Pease]] President Central Council 1925 1926 Titles: Lord Gainford
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*[[ Reginald Pease]] North East Coast 1925
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**[[ Sydney L. Pepper]] Midland Counties Counties Organiser 1933
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**[[ J. H. Portway]] Leeds 1927
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**[[ J. Murray Prain]] Central Council 1972-74
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**[[ G. Prentice]] Liverpool 1926
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**[[ N. G. Price]] Central Council 1977-79
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**[[ Francis Priestman]] North East Coast 1925
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**[[ F. E. Pritchard]] Liverpool 1925
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**[[Thomas Putnam]] North East Coast 1925 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ R. B. Raworth]] Central Council 1974-83
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**[[ Edward Rea]] Central Council 1985- President South Wales
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**[[Halford Walter Lupton Reddish]] 1951Central Council 19??-1976 Vice President
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**[[ Edward Reed]] 1951
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**[[Alfred Ree]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1925 Titles: Dr
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*[[ D. Morgan Rees]] South Wales 1925
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**[[Knighted James P. Reynolds]] Central Council 1926 Liverpool 1925
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**[[ R. C. Reynolds]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1927
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**[[ D. Rhodes]] Keighley 1926
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**[[ R. E. Rhodes]] Hull 1925
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**[[Edward Rimmer]] Liverpool 1925 Titles: Lieut. Colonel
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*[[W. H. Ritson]] North East Coast 1925 Titles: Lieut. Colonel
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*[[A. Robertson]] Central Council (Co-Opted) 1983 Central Council 1984- Titles: Dr
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*[[ G. Fox Robinson]] Central Council 1925 Hull 1925
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**[[ Thom Robinson]] Central Council 1987-1989
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**[[P. Robson]] Hull 1925 Titles: Major
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*[[George Kemp ]] 1951 Central Council ?-1977 Vice President Titles:The Rt Hon Lord Rochdale
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*[[ R. Roger]] North East Coast 1925
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**[[Knighted Hallewell Rogers]] Central Council 1925
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**[[ T. G. Parry Rogers]] Central Council 1982
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**[[Leonard Ropner]] North East Coast (Tees/Hartlepool) 1925 Titles: Colonel (MP)
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*[[A. D. Rose]] Central Council 1972-1974 Titles: Group Capt
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*[[ Morton Ross]] Central Council 1980-1983
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**[[ P. Ross]] Hull 1925
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**[[ Ronald R. Rowles]] Central Council 1983
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**[[ J. P. Rudolf]] Liverpool 1926
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**[[Walter Runciman]] 1951 Central Council ?-1977 Titles: The Rt Hon The Viscount Runciman
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*[[ C. D. Rundge]] Central Council 1986
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**[[Arnold Rushton]] Liverpool 1925 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ A. E. Rushworth]] Huddersfield 1926
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**[[ H. L. Rust]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ Stanley Sadler]] North East Coast 1925
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**[[ A. W. Midland Counties Sanders]]
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**[[Oswald Vice Pres. Sanderson]] Hull 1925 1926 Titles: Colonel
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*[[ Leonard R. Sandford]] London & District Organiser & General Secretary 1933 Joint Orgn (With J. B. White) Of South Of England
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**[[ W. H. Sargeant]] Secretary of Sheffield & District 1933
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**[[ Peter Savill]] Director General -1985 Central Council 1986 -
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**[[ A. Senior]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ Frank Sherman]] Central Council 1925 Chair Of South Wales 1925
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**[[ J. F. Simpson]] Central Council 1972-1983
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**[[ W. S. Skelton]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ Clarence Smith]] D. North East Coast 1925
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**[[ Launcelot Eustace Smith]] Central Council 1925 Chair North East Coast 1925
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**[[Waldron Smithers]] 1951 Titles:Knighted (MP)
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*[[ Frank Southern]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1925
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**[[Rupert Speir]] Central Council 1972-1976 Titles:Knighted
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*[[Hugh Baird Spens]] 1951 Titles: Colonel
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*[[ Douglas Spicer]] London 1925
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**[[ Stacey]] Liverpool 1925 Titles: Capt.
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*[[ Alfred J. Stanyard]] 1951
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**[[ Stevens]] 1951
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**[[ Stockwell ]] Leeds 1926
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**[[ Lord Colonelumn Chrichon (MP) Stuart]] South Wales 1925 Titles:Lord Colonelumn Chrichon (MP)
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*[[ Hunter Summers]] North East Coast 1925
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**[[ E. Swan]] Liverpool 1925
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**[[Alan J. Sykes]] Central Council 1925 Lancashire & Cheshire 1925(President) Titles: Lieut. ColonelKnighted (MP)
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*[[ Charles D. Sykes]] Midland Counties 1925
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**[[ H. Saxon Tate]] Central Council 1973-83 Chairman (?) 76-82
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**[[ Alderman Charles Terry]] 1951
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**[[J. D. Thompson]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1925 Titles: Capt.
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*[[ W. G. Thompstone]] Central Council 1973-1975
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**[[Gerald Thorley]] Central Council 1973-198? 1980-? President Titles:Knighted
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*[[ R. M. Tilling]] London 1925
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**[[Philip J. Toosey]] Central Council 1960-1976 Liverpool& District Titles:Knighted
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*[[ ]]
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**[[Anthony G. Touche]] Central Council 1975-? Titles:Knighted
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*[[ Eric Turner]] Central Council 1965-1980 Chair Policy & Finance Committee 1967 1972 Chair Of Investment Sub-Committee Formed In 1977
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**[[Edmund G. Underwood]] Nottingham 1927 1951 Titles: Alderman
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*[[ M. E. Unwin]] Sheffield 1926
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**[[ Norman D. Vine]] Leeds 1927
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**[[ Adolph Vines]] London 1925 1951
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**[[ M. Vines]] Central Council 1972-1975
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**[[ Julius L. F. Vogel]] Liverpool 1925
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**[[ Gilbert C. Vyle]] Central Council 1925 Chair Midland Counties 1925
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**[[ F. F. Wagstaffe]] Keighley 1926
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**[[ Ridley Warham]] North East Coast 1925
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**[[ J. B. Warner]] Nottingham 1927
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**[[ Robert J. Webber]] South Wales 1925
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**[[ A. Wedgewood]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1925
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**[[Harold West]] 1951 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ B. J. Whitehouse]] Central Council 1985-
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**[[ W. H. Whitehouse]] London 1925
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**[[ F. Whitfield]] Huddersfield 1926
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**[[ R. H. Wilkins]] Central Council 1972-78 Titles: Vice Pres 1975?
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*[[ Robert M. Willan]] Central Council 1982-?? Titles: North West
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*[[ G. C. H. Willans]] Huddersfield 1926
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**[[Francis Vernon Willey]] Central Council 1925 Titles:(MP) Baron Barnby From 1929
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*[[ Llewellyn Williams]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1927
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**[[ D. R. H. Williams]] Huddersfield 1926
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**[[R. S. Williamson]] Midland Counties 1926 Titles:Colonel
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*[[ E. Wilson]] London 1925 1926 1927(Chair)
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**[[Arthur N. L. Wood]] North East Coast 1925 Titles:Knighted
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*[[Percy Woodhouse]] Lancashire & Cheshire 1927 Titles:Knighted
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*[[ J. Wrathall]] Keighley 1927
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==Companies==
 
==Companies==
 
===Companies Making Subscribing to the Economic League===
 
===Companies Making Subscribing to the Economic League===

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Summary

Established in 1919 by conservative politicians and industrialists, the Economic League was a pro-capitalist and anti socialist propagandist group. In public it conducted a “Crusade for Capitalism” targeted at the workforce of local members’ factories, and a against the ‘subversion” of trade union activism and left of centre political parties. Behind closed doors it set up and ran a blacklist of allegedly “subversive” workers, available to member companies. After the Second World War the League continued both strands of propagandist activity and continued to campaign for capitalism especially through partisan apprentice training, and against activism through pamphlets and media stories and more clandestinely through a blacklist made available to members. However from the 1970s its role in pro-capitalism lobbying became less important as a result of the changes to the structure of the workforce in the UK and the demise of Industrial training and apprenticeships, . The League focused on campaigning against trade union activism and continued to provide a blacklisting service for member companies. Construction and Engineering Companies paid an additional premium for this service in their industries and became subscribers to the Economic League Services Group. The League’s income and importance as a pro capital and anti-activist lobbyist declined during the 1980s with an economic recession that reduced the number of corporate members, and Government sympathetic to their political views. Attempts to rationalise and restructure the League lead to internal disputes and at least one discontent employee leaking information and documents to journalists about the Leagues’s continuing blacklisting activities. There was a series of damaging media exposes, notably by World in Action and by Journalist Richard Norton Taylor writing in the guardian, and Paul Foot writing in the “Mirror”. This investigations led the UK Parliament’s Employment Select Committee to conduct a public inquiry into the League’s activities. Its final report in 1992 was highly critical of their blacklisting activities. In 1993 the Economic League was placed in liquidation and wound up. It claimed that the blacklist had been destroyed. The Employment Relations Act 1999 made provision for blacklisting to be made illegal through regulations, these were not however enacted. In 2009 the Information Commissioner’s Office raided the offices of an trade association called The Consulting Association run by a former employee of the Economic League This group had continued to run the Services Group blacklist on behalf the construction companies who had subscribed to it, and he was prosecuted and fined for breaches of the data protection laws. Following this prosecution the Employment Relations Act 1999(Blacklists) Regulations 2010 were finally enacted making Blacklisting Illegal in the UK. There were more than 3,000 workers on The Consulting Association blacklist. A Blacklist Support Group was established with support from trade unions and trade unionist with high profile campaigns against blacklisting companies and private prosecutions. These are continuing. In the UKParliament another Select Committee - The Scottish Selected Committee - decided to examine the current reality of the blacklisting calling number of former Economic League Employees and corporate supporters to give evidence.

History, People & Companies

Origins & Early Organisation

In 1919 a meeting of senior conservative industrialists and politicians was held at the offices of National Publicity Agency, lobbyists for the brewery owners. It was convened by Admiral William Reginald Hall who had retired as the wartime head of naval intelligence to become a Conservative MP for a Liverpool constituency in the hastily called post-war election.

Founders

Also at the meeting were:

National Propaganda

The outcome of this meeting was the creation of a new group to confront and undermine what they saw as a trade union, socialist and communist threat to capitalism within the workplace. This new group was placed within an existing group with anti socialist objectives called the British Commonwealth Union as its National Propaganda Committee but quickly acquired an identity of its own - becoming known simply as National Propaganda. National Propaganda seems to have acted as part co-ordinating body, part public relations agency for a large number of groups campaign for right wing causes and single issues - the British Empire Union, National Citizens Union, National Alliance of Employers and Employed, Industrial League and Council, Industrial Welfare Society, Christian Counter Communist Crusade, Children’s Faith Crusade, the Economic Study Clubs. The League’s main early functions were propagandist. It conducted a “Crusade for Capitalism” targeted at the workforce of local members’ factories, and a wider public campaign campaign against the ‘subversion” of trade union activism and left of centre political parties. To support its campaign against activists, the League gathered information from a variety of public and private sources. It published pamphlets naming activists and organisations of which it regarded as subversive. Under the enthusiastic direction of Reginald Hall and Richard Kelly, National Propaganda developed a regional structure, with membership made up of conservative politicians and/or employers.

Early Organisation

By 1924 the League’s local Structure included:

Royal Central Chambers, Manchester Chairman: Sir William Clare Lees Central Council Representative: Lieutenant Col. Sir Alan J Sykes. Executive members: F. W Astbury, MP In 1923- 24 it held 1,417 meetings of various sorts attended by 333,497 people.

10 Hatton Gardens Chairman: Sir Max Muspratt Executive members: J. Sandeman Allen, MP. It claimed to have held 200 meetings. Greater London Economic League: 2 Millbank House Chairman: Neville Gwynne. In 1923- 24 it held 595 meetings were attended by 145,000 people. "A special feature of propaganda in London", it claims "Dinner- hour talks" to employees inside factories". The work of the League's paid workers was by 1923 being augmented by "25 working men, all of whom are trades unionists and constitutionalists”.

46 Stuart Street, Cardiff. Chairman: Frank Shearman Executive members: James Miles.

In 1923- 24 it held 751 meetings attended by 111,000 people.

In 1923- 24 it held more than 1,000 meetings

In 1923- 24 it held 347 meetings attended by 32,000

In 1923- 24 it held 295 meetings with a total attendance of 32,000

In 1923- 24 it held 133 meetings attended by 5,400 women and 74 study circles with a total attendance of nearly 1,000. A potentially fascinating area of the League's work, it disappears in subsequent reports.

10 Leazes Terrace, Tyne and Wear Branch Branch Office for Newcastle,Tees and Hartlepool. Central Council Representative: Launcelot E. Smith Tyne and Wear executive members: Clive Cookson, Major General Sir R A Kerr Montgomery

5, Myrtle Street, Hessle. Chairman: G. F. Robinson It noted its gratitude to the local press for "the very comprehensive reports they have given of the meetings in the area". They also recorded the establishment of a branch of the "Children's Faith Crusade" in February 1923. "Results to date are encouraging" and reports ".... The largest Communist Sunday School has been closed".

Hector House, Newbarns, In 1923- 24 it held 1578 meetings included afternoon classes for the unemployed.

Chairman: Gilbert Vyle This regional branch of the Economic League operated over a massive area which included Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. It claimed to have been particularly active 1923- 24 in mining areas during a ballot of miners on the National Wages Agreement - "it being of interest to note that in all areas where the League concentrated the vote was for acceptance of the terms submitted”.

A small and short-lived branch of the League run from the Lancashire and Cheshire and Liverpool offices.

The First Labour Government, and the Leadership of Aukland Geddes

In October 1922 the the post-war coalition collapsed. and the liberal Prime Minister, Lloyd George, was replaced briefly by Bonar Law and then, in May 1923, by Stanley Baldwin. One of the first things Law had done was to appoint Reginald Hall as Principal Agent of the Conservative Party. He was the only serving MP ever to be Principal Agent of the Conservative Party. Following he election on December 6 1923 the Conservatives were the largest party, but they had lost their overall majority and Hall was one of 90 Conservative MPs to lose their seat. They couldn’t secure the support of the Liberals so in January 1923 the Labour Party formed it first minority government under Ramsay MacDonald. In March Baldwin sacked Hall as Principal Agent of the party, and the leadership of National Propaganda was passed to Sir Aukland Geddes. The former government minister and US ambassador was only in charge of the Economic League for a year before going to head up the Rio Tinto mining company, Later Rio Tinto Zinc. His Brother Eric Geddes, another former Conservative minister, was at the same time President of the Federation of British Industries. Under his brief stewardship Geddes was a major reorganisation of the League.Geddeschanged the name of National Propaganda to The Central Council of the Economic Leagues and in 1926 it became The Economic League. He was the President of the Central Council on a salary of 4,000 gbp. Geddes also consolidated the blacklisting of workers whom they believed to be political and trade union activists or supporters: "One of the first tasks initiated by Sir Auckland Geddes was the compilation of a chart and dossier of socialist and subversive organisations and their interlocking directorates. Arrangements are in hand for a permanent clearing house of information in connection with alien organisations and individuals. A document containing a considerable body of information on "red" ramifications and methods had already been circulated in confidence to district Economic Leagues. Supplements to the documents will be circulated from time to time.”

"The National Campaign to Combat Socialism"

Geddes’ salary as President of the League was 4000gbp , a very substantial sum for the time, indicating the level of investment that was going into the League and it satellite organisations. On April 8th of 1924 the British Empire Union launched an appeal for £100,000 per year to support a "National Campaign to Combat Socialism". That income would today be worth around £2.5m. Contributors were asked to mark subscriptions for either the General Fund, British Empire Union or National Citizens Union. The appeal was signed by Colonel O. G. Armstrong, president of the Federation of British Industries; Sir Vincent Caillard, of Vickers; Lord Gainford, coal owner; Lord Invernairn; Sir Allan Smith, chairman of the Engineering Employers Federation; Sir Alan Sykes, chairman of the Bleachers association; and Evan Williams, president of the Mining Association of Great Britain. It was to be a fighting fund for the the next election, which would be th third in two years. The League’s 5th annual report reflected their role in opposition to the Labour Government: "The period covered by the Annual report witnessed the establishment in office of the first Labour-Socialist Government. The question whether or not "Labour" is fit to govern has thus become academic. "Labour" HAS governed and a cabinet of Socialists is tacitly accepted by the nation as a potential alternative to a Cabinet of Constitutionalists.” It goes on to argue: "The fact that there were found five and a half million British citizens willing to place in power as well as in office a body of men plunged in uneconomics, pledged to the nationalisation of industry, and plighted in troth to subsidise Russian Bolshevism with British savings, is a measure of the educational work that remains to be done.”

The "Zinoviev Letter"

MacDonald’s minority government only lasted until November. during which most of its activity was devoted to attempting to reach an agreement with the Russian go

People

A Who’s Who of the Economic League

The following list takes two historical snapshots of the membership of the Economic League's main governing bodies: in the mid 1920's and at the time of the formation of the Limited Company in 1951. "1925", "1926" or "1927" after a name indicates the first known date of appointment; in some cases it might have been earlier be earlier. "1951" indicates that the person was a founding member of the Economic League Co Ltd. As as the way of things in Powerbase titles have been omitted in the name. however the are given at the end of the entry to assist in identification in other documents.

Companies

Companies Making Subscribing to the Economic League

Companies Making Subscribing to the Economic League

Those marked + had a Director on the League's Central Council 1975-1989

Resources

Publications on the Economic League

“Blacklist: Inside Story of Political Vetting”, Mark Hollingsworth, Richard Norton-Taylor, The Hogarth Press, London, 1988, ISBN 9780701208110

Parliamentary Reports:

Scottish Affairs Committee - Thirteenth Report: Blacklisting in Employment-Update: Incorporating the Government's Response to the Sixth Report of Session 2013-14, May 2014, http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmscotaf/1291/129102.htm

Scottish Affairs Committee  - Oral and Written Evidence, Blacklisting in Employment, February 2013, http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmscotaf/156/contents.htm, see also http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmscotaf/writev/blacklisting/winder/contents.htm and http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmscotaf/writev/blacklisting/kerrcontents.htm


2nd report, session 1990-91 : recruitment practices. Vol. 1, Report Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Employment Committee. Employment Committee, London : HMSO, 1991. ISBN 0 10 273691 X

This is not available online. The full recommendation reads: "Under the Consumer Credit Act 1974, any consumer denied credit can obtain the name of any credit reference agency consulted, and can thereafter obtain details of the information held about them. WE BELIEVE THE SAME SHOULD BE TRUE OF INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES SUPPLIED TO THE EMPLOYER BY ORGANISATIONS KEEPING SUCH INFORMATION; IF THE POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE IS REFUSED EMPLOYMENT THE INFORMATION SHOULD BE PASSED ON TO THE EMPLOYEE; INDEED IT SHOULD BE PUT TO THE EMPLOYEE SO AS TO PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR THE EMPLOYEE TO REFUTE IT. "WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT LEGISLATION SHOULD PROVIDE THAT, WITH THEEXCEPTION OF PREVIOUS EMPLOYERS PROVIDING REFERENCES, ALL ORGANISATIONS SUPPLYING INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO LICENSING AND TO A CODE OF PRACTICE, PERHAPS SIMILAR TO THE LICENSING SYSTEM FOR EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES ACT 1973. "We believe that the recommendations we have made would go some way to lessening the disadvantages faced by those who apply for jobs at companies using the services of organisations who provide information about them."

Web Page: http://spiesatwork.org.uk/

Economic League publications

Notes

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