About Tom Williams, Baron Williams of Barnburgh
Lived 1888 – 1967 (aged 79). Tom Williams, Baron Williams of Barnburgh was a British politician.
Thomas Williams, Baron Williams of Barnburgh, PC (18 March 1888 – 29 March 1967 ) was a British coal miner who became a Labour Party politician.
Career Born in Blackwell, Derbyshire, Williams grew up in Swinton in Yorkshire, and began work in 1899 in Kilnhurst colliery. and held the seat until he stepped down at the 1959 general election.
In Parliament In the First Labour Government, from January to October 1924, Williams was Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Noel Buxton, the Minister of Agriculture. In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government, he was Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1945 to 1951, After Labour lost the 1951 general election he was the opposition spokesperson on Agriculture until 1959.
His autobiography, in which he gives an account of his life since childhood, was published in 1965 with a foreword by Clement Attlee.
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British politician (1888-1967)
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Tom Williams, Baron Williams of Barnburgh was born on 18 March 1888 in Bolsover.
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Tom Williams, Baron Williams of Barnburgh died on 29 March 1967 in Doncaster.
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