George Nicoll Barnes Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

George Nicoll Barnes NPG Ax39149

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons

Born in Lochee, Forfarshire, became an active member of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP) on its foundation in 1893; national secretary of the Society for twelve years from 1896; elected for Glasgow Blackfriars (later Gorbals) at the 1906 general election and held the seat until his retirement in 1922; became a major spokesman for Labour, especially during the mobilisation of national resources to fight the First World War; resigned his ministerial post in 1920 and from politics more... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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

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