Guy Rowson (1883 - 16 November 1937)"Rowson, G.", The Constitutional year book, Volume 1932, Publisher: Harvester Press, 1931. (page 208) was a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Farnworth in Lancashire. He was elected in 1929, defeated in 1931,Charles Roger Dod, Robert Phipps Dod, Dod's parliamentary companion, Publisher Dod's Parliamentary Companion, ltd., 1936. (page 423) and re-elected in 1935, until his death in 1937."Mr Guy Rowson", theyworkforyou.com He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the then Labour leader of the opposition, Clement Attlee."Death of Mr Guy Rowson", The Glasgow Herald, 17 Nov 1937 In 1936, he was responsible for the introduction of the Annual Holiday Bill,Pimlott, John Alfred Ralph; The Englishman's holiday: a social history, Harvester Press, 1 Jan 1976, (University of Michigan reprint) which regulated holiday pay for workers.
Mining Rowson became a coal miner at age 12."Obituary, The Colliery Guardian, 19 Nov 1937, Page 976, Column 2 In 1923, he became a Miners' Agent in the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation.
Other activities In 1907 he joined the Social Democratic Federation, and in 1910 he stood as a Socialist for the Tyldesley Urban District Council. where he was defeated, but elected in 1919, where he served until 1925."Mr. Guy Rowson, M.P.", The Times (London), Wednesday, 17 Nov 1937, page 10, issue 47844.
Quotes In his memoires, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee wrote: "I appointed a Lancashire miner, Guy Rowson, as my Parliamentary Private Secretary, but his early death cut short a promising career."Clement Richard Attlee, As it happened, Publisher W. Heinemann, 1954, 312 pages (page 117)
Personal Born in 1883 in Ellenbrook, near Worsley in Lancashire, he was the son of a coal miner, Joseph Rowson Michael Stenton, Stephen Lees, Who's who of British members of Parliament: a biographical dictionary of the House of Commons based on annual volumes of Dod's Parliamentary companion and other sources, Volume 3, Publisher Harvester Press, 1979, , , 413 pages (page 309)"England and Wales Census, 1881 for Joseph Rowson" @ familysearch.org and his wife Mary."England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Guy Rowson" at familysearch.org
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