Sidney Shallard

Sidney Dillon Shallard (born 1869) was a British socialist activist.

Born in the south of France to British parents, Shallard became interested in radicalism at a young age. When he was seventeen, he became an Anglican Sunday school teacher, and then a year later served as a sacristan. He decided to become a minister at a later date, and in the meantime found work for the War Office at the Woolwich Arsenal, but lost his faith and left the church.

By 1889, Shallard saw himself as a socialist, and joined the Social Democratic Federation, and in 1891 he stood for the party in the London School Board election. During the election campaign, he was arrested while speaking at World's End in Chelsea. He was placed in Holloway Prison while awaiting trial, but released after a week, fined £20 and bound over to keep the peace. The election was held the following week, with Shallard narrowly missing out.

From the mid-1890s, Shallard worked full-time as a journalist. and in 1914 he wrote several articles for Votes for Women.