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William Adamson (1863–1936) was born in Dunfermline, Scotland and worked as a miner in Fife where he became involved with the National Union of Mineworkers. Active with the new Labour Party he was first elected to Parliament for West Fife in the 1910 general election and became leader of the party in 1917, a position he held until 1921. Adamson served as Secretary for Scotland and Secretary of State for Scotland in the Labour governments of Ramsay MacDonald, splitting with MacDonald when he formed the National Government. Adamson lost his seat in the 1931 election which he contested for Labour against MacDonald's coalition. He stood again in the 1935 election but again failed to take the seat, losing on this occasion to William Gallacher of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
(1916-1922) Robert Munro-Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar (1922-1924) William Adamson (1924) Sir John... of Richmond (1885-1886) Sir George Otto Trevelyan(1886) John William Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie...
Secretary of State for Scotland
- October 19, 1922) Viscount Novar (October 24, 1922 - January 22, 1924) William Adamson (January 22... for Scotland Sir John Gilmour (July 15, 1926 - June 4 1929) William Adamson (June 7, 1929 - August 24... (January 13, 1957 - July 13, 1962) Michael Noble (July 13, 1962 - October 16, 1964) William Ross...
Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso
. Preceded by: William Adamson Secretary of State for Scotland 1931-1932 Followed by: Sir Godfrey...
retirement in 1945. Preceded by: William Adamson Chairman of the British Labour Party 1921-1922 Followed...: The Marquess of Salisbury Preceded by: Sir William Joynson-Hicks Home Secretary 1929-1931...
Opposition George Wardle (1916-17) - in Opposition William Adamson (1917-21) J. R. Clynes (1921-22...
- Secretary for India William Adamson - Secretary for Scotland Christopher Birdwood Thomson... Lord Thomson - Secretary for Air William Adamson - Secretary of State for Scotland A. V. Alexander...-General Frederick William Jowet - First Commissioner of Works Thomas Shaw - Minister of Labour John...
Followed by: William Adamson Preceded by: Ramsay MacDonald Leader of the British Labour Party 1931-1932 Followed by: George Lansbury Preceded by: William Clive Bridgeman Home Secretary 1924 Followed by: Sir William Joynson-Hicks Preceded by: Sir Austen Chamberlain Foreign Secretary 1929-1931...
List of Privy Counsellors (1910-1936)
) 1918 William Frederick Lloyd (1864-1937) 1918 William Adamson (1863-1936) 1918 Sir William James Bull... Knollys, 1st Baron Knollys (1837-1924) 1910 Sir William Henry Peregrine Carington (1845-1914) 1910 Sir Arthur John Bigge (1849-1931) 1910 Sir William Snowdon Robson (1852-1918) 1910 Edward Lyulph...
List of members of the British Labour Party
Links to other British Labour politicians William Adamson Clement Attlee George Nicoll Barnes... Southampton Test Malcolm Wicks Labour Croydon North Mrs Betty Williams Labour Conwy Rt Hon Alan Williams Labour Swansea West Mr Michael Wills Labour North Swindon Rt Hon Brian Wilson Labour...
1911-1914 Arthur Henderson 1914-1917 William Adamson 1917-1921 John Robert Clynes 1921-1922 From 1922... Party under leaders like William E. Gladstone and David Lloyd George. However the Liberal Party... and former Labour deputy leader Roy Jenkins, and former senior ministers David Owen, Shirley Williams...