Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence
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The Right Honourable The Lord Pethick-Lawrence PC |
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Lord Pethick-Lawrence arriving at 10 Downing Street
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| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 11 June 1929 – 24 August 1931 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Arthur Samuel |
| Succeeded by | Walter Elliot |
| Secretary of State for India and Burma | |
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In office 3 August 1945 – 1947 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Leo Amery |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Listowel |
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28 December 1871 London |
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10 September 1961 (aged 89) Hendon, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Emmeline Pethick (d. 1954) (2) Helen Craggs |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence PC (28 December 1871 – 10 September 1961) was a British Labour politician.
Born Frederick Lawrence in London, he was the son of wealthy Unitarians who were members of the Liberal Party. Three of his father's brothers, William, James, and Edwin, were politically active in various roles, including as Lord Mayor of London and as members of parliament. Frederick was educated at Wixenford,Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of Cambridge University Liberal Club. He then became a barrister.
Lawrence met and fell in love with Emmeline Pethick, an active socialist and campaigner for women's votes. They finally married in 1901 after Lawrence converted to socialism and from then on Lawrence took part of his wife's name and was known as 'Pethick Lawrence' (later Pethick-Lawrence). He published various left-wing newspapers and became involved in the Labour Party. His involvement in the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), on behalf of women's rights, led to him serving a nine-month prison sentence in 1912, following Christabel Pankhurst's window-smashing campaign, even though he had disagreed with that form of action; because of his disagreement, indeed, he was expelled from the WSPU by Emmeline Pankhurst and Christabel. Because of his prison sentence he was expelled from the Reform Club Early in the First World War Pethick-Lawrence joined with others in founding the Union of Democratic Control (UDC), a leading anti-war organisation of which he became Treasurer. After acceptance by a Tribunal in Dorking in 1918, he worked on a farm in Sussex as a conscientious objector.
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