Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

William Adamson NPG x22375

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

The son of a coalminer, William Adamson was born in Dunfermline. He himself spent twenty-seven years from the age of eleven working in the mining industry. He joined the National Union of Mineworkers, first as a branch delegate, and rising through the ranks to become General Secretary by 1908. Adamson was elected to Parliament as a Labour Party MP in 1910. In 1917 he was elevated to the chairmanship of the Parliamentary Labour Party; he held this post until being replaced by J. R.... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.