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Sidney James Webb (1859 - 1947)

Sidney James "1st Baron Passfield" Webb
Born in London, Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1892 in Pancras RD, London, Englandmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 88 in Petersfield, Hampshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield OM PC (13 July 1859 – 13 October 1947) was a British socialist, economist, reformer and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. He was one of the early members of the Fabian Society in 1884, along with George Bernard Shaw (they joined three months after its inception).[1]

Sidney stood for the Labour Party in Seaham constituency in the 1922 General Election won and held the seat until 1929 when he became a peer as 1st Baron Passfield.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia entry for Sidney Webb

See also:

  • 'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell, published by The Hogarth Press, Pimlico, London in 1996. ISBN 0 7126 7450 0, includes extensive family trees. Hundreds of friends, professional connections and people in the 'Bloomsbury set' are also mentioned in the text.'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell




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