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He died in 1915 while attempting to organise a pacifist general strike.
Sep 22, 2024 · J. Keir Hardie (born Aug. 15, 1856, Legbrannock, Lanark, Scot.—died Sept. 26, 1915, Glasgow) was a British labour leader, first to represent the workingman in Parliament as an Independent (1892) and first to lead the Labour Party in the House of Commons (1906).
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Sep 25, 2015 · When James Keir Hardie died in 1915 he was reviled by much of the political establishment but the past 100 years have seen his reputation grow as the man who broke the mould of British politics.
Apr 7, 2023 · Keir Hardie’s death. Hardie resigned the Labour Party leadership in 1908 but remained active in many areas, including the campaign for female suffrage. However, he died young – at 59 – of pneumonia in Glasgow on 26 September 1915.
James Keir Hardie, 59, journalist and MP, died on 26 September 1915 at 8 South Park Terrace in Glasgow. The entry in the statutory register for the district of Hillhead in Glasgow gives his...
During the first year of World War One, Keir Hardie was an outspoken pacifist. He died on 26 September 1915 in Glasgow.
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James Keir Hardie, the founder of the Labour Party was born on the 15th August 1856 in Newhouse, Scotland. He became an important Scottish politician, a pioneer of socialism in the United Kingdom and an influential trade unionist. He was a crucial political figure who became the first Labour Member of Parliament and established the movement ...
