About Enoch Edwards
Lived 1852 – 1912 (aged 60). Enoch Edwards was a British politician and trade unionist.
Enoch Edwards (10 April 1852 – 28 June 1912) was a British trade unionist and politician.
Biography Edwards was born at Talk-o'-the Hill Staffordshire on 10 April 1852. He was the son of a pitman, and worked in a coal-mine as a boy.
In 1870 he became treasurer of the North Staffordshire Miners' Association and was elected secretary to the same body in 1877. In 1880 he became president of the Midland Miners' Association; he was later president of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain in 1904.
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Who was Enoch Edwards?
British trade unionist and politician (1852-1912)
When was Enoch Edwards born?
Enoch Edwards was born on 1 April 1852.
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Enoch Edwards died on 28 June 1912.
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Enoch Edwards was a politician and trade unionist.
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Enoch Edwards was British.
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