BURNS (John, 1858-1943, Labour Politician, first Working-Class Cabinet Minister)

Brief Autograph Note Signed to Mr GIMSON (Sydney Ansell, 1860-1938, from 1888 President of the Leicester Secular Society), saying "cannot accept, overworked", presumably replying to an invitation to lecture, 1 side correspondence card with autograph address on the verso, postmarked South Lambeth, 10th September

Burns was a trade unionist and politician, particularly associated with London politics and Battersea. He was a socialist and then a Liberal Member of Parliament and Minister. He was anti-alcohol and a keen sportsman. When the Liberal cabinet made a decision for war on 2nd August 1914, he resigned and played no further role in politics. In December 1905 Campbell-Bannerman included him in the cabinet as President of the Local Government Board.

Item Date:  1894

Stock No:  41699      £60

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