Lancashire Giant
David Shackleton, Labour Leader and Civil Servant
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
288 pages
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6 x 9
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© 2000
The Lancashire Giant tells the story of a nine-year-old cotton weaver who went on to carve out two extraordinary careers for himself. In the first, David Shackleton became a truly dominating presence in the Edwardian trade union movement, was the third MP to be elected under the banner of the Labor party, and played a critical role in the infancy of the party. His second career, begun at Winston Churchill’s prompting in 1910, took him to the summit of the British civil service and to active participation in the deliberations of Lloyd George’s War Cabinet. Prominent union officials have frequently become government ministers, but none has repeated Shackleton’s achievement in becoming the permanent secretary of a ministry.
"This distinctive career is presented and analysed in meticulous detail by Ross Martin... The result is a thorough and rounded portrait strengthened by some suggestive analysis of Shackleton as a private individual."—Labor History
"An accessible, detailed, analytic and sympathetic study."—English Historical Review
"This distinctive career is presented and analysed in meticulous detail by Ross Martin... The result is a thorough and rounded portrait strengthened by some suggestive analysis of Shackleton as a private individual."—Labor History
"An accessible, detailed, analytic and sympathetic study."—English Historical Review
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
PART I: THE LIFE
1. Beginnings, 1863-1893
—The Union Man
2. The Local Union Official, 1893-1902
—The Darwen Weavers' Secretary
—The Wider Union World
—Labour in Politics
3. The Clitheroe By-election
—Labour Prepares
—The Liberals
—Labour Decides
—The Socialists Bite the Bullet
—Liberal Stumbles
—Labour's Bandwagon
—The Issue of Independence
—The Consequences of Clitheroe
4. The Member for Clitheroe, 1902-1906
—The Local Scene
—Independence and the Labour Representation Committee
—'Providing Sport for the Philistines'
—A Choice is Made
—The Burdens of Office
—The General Election of 1906
5. The Labour Leader as Parliamentarian, 1906-1907
—The Party Chairmanship
—Another Choice is Made
—The TUC Option
6. The Labour Leader as Trade Unionist, 1908-1910
—Repelling the Party
—The Party Man
—In the Clitheroe Division
7. Leaving the Movement
—Public Reactions
—Shackleton's Motives
8. The Civil Servant, 1910-1925
—The Permanent Secretary
—The Wartime Ministry of Labour
—The Horace Wilson Years
—The Public Face
—Postscript
PART II: THE MAN
9. The Private Man
—Home and Family
—Interests
—Friends
—Feelings
10. The Public Man
—Appearance
—Working Style
—Beliefs and Policies
—Perceptions of Shackleton
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Introduction
PART I: THE LIFE
1. Beginnings, 1863-1893
—The Union Man
2. The Local Union Official, 1893-1902
—The Darwen Weavers' Secretary
—The Wider Union World
—Labour in Politics
3. The Clitheroe By-election
—Labour Prepares
—The Liberals
—Labour Decides
—The Socialists Bite the Bullet
—Liberal Stumbles
—Labour's Bandwagon
—The Issue of Independence
—The Consequences of Clitheroe
4. The Member for Clitheroe, 1902-1906
—The Local Scene
—Independence and the Labour Representation Committee
—'Providing Sport for the Philistines'
—A Choice is Made
—The Burdens of Office
—The General Election of 1906
5. The Labour Leader as Parliamentarian, 1906-1907
—The Party Chairmanship
—Another Choice is Made
—The TUC Option
6. The Labour Leader as Trade Unionist, 1908-1910
—Repelling the Party
—The Party Man
—In the Clitheroe Division
7. Leaving the Movement
—Public Reactions
—Shackleton's Motives
8. The Civil Servant, 1910-1925
—The Permanent Secretary
—The Wartime Ministry of Labour
—The Horace Wilson Years
—The Public Face
—Postscript
PART II: THE MAN
9. The Private Man
—Home and Family
—Interests
—Friends
—Feelings
10. The Public Man
—Appearance
—Working Style
—Beliefs and Policies
—Perceptions of Shackleton
Bibliography
Index
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