Samuel Finney (1857 - 1935)

Born 1857 in Talke, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Samuel was born in 1857 at Talk o' th' Hill also known as Talke, Staffordshire.

Samuel began working when he was ten years old, and later became a coal miner. In 1881, he was appointed as checkweighman, and he also became active in the North Staffordshire Miners' Federation, serving as its president from 1888 to 1912, and then as its full-time secretary and agent.

Samuel was a supporter of the Labour Party, and was elected to Burslem Town Council in 1903, and then to Stoke-on-Trent County Borough Council from its establishment.

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Staffordshire at a by-election in 1916.

When that constituency was abolished at the 1918 general election, he was returned to Parliament for the new Burslem constituency. He did not contest the 1922 general election.

He passed away in 1935.

Sources

• Wikipedia entry for Samuel Finney

• https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-samuel-finney/index.html

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS7S-W5Y : 8 April 2016), Samuel Finney, Burslem, Staffordshire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Burslem subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW7W-SW6 : 28 November 2018), Samuel Finney, Burslem, Burslem, Staffordshire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.