Frank Goldstone
Sir Frank Walter Goldstone | |
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Sunderland | |
In office 1910–1918 |
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Preceded by | James Knott |
Succeeded by | Ralph Milbanke Hudson |
Personal details | |
Born | Bishopwearmouth, County Durham, England |
7 December 1870
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | Borough Road Training College |
Occupation | Teacher |
Sir Frank Walter Goldstone (7 December 1870 – 25 December 1955) was a British teacher, trade unionist and politician.
Biography
Goldstone was born in Bishopwearmouth, County Durham (now Sunderland) on 7 December 1870. The third son of a stained-glass artist, he attended Borough Road Traininge College, Isleworth after completing education at Diamond Hall in Millfield.
From 1891 to 1910, Goldstone was an assistant master at Bow Street school in Sheffield. In 1895, he had married Elizabeth Alice Henderson of Whittingham, Northumberland. They had two children, Elsie (born 1897) and Frank (born 1899).
A member of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), he became president of the subgroup National Federation of Class Teachers in 1902, a member of the Executive Committee of the NUT in 1902 and Chair of its Law Committee in 1904. In 1910, he stepped up his participation in the NUT, serving as Organization Secretary (1910–1918), Assistant Secretary (1918–1924) and finally General Secretary (1924–1931).
Politics
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Shortly before the December 1910 election, Goldstone was chosen as the Labour candidate for Sunderland, as a late replacement for R. J. Wilson (a member of the Co-operative Society). After winning the seat, he was appointed Labour Chief Whip in 1914. He lost his seat at the 1918 election.
Later life
Goldstone was knighted by George V at Buckingham Palace on 29 June 1931, the same year he retired as General Secretary of NUT. Subsequently, he served three years as principal of a tutorial college. In 1942 his wife died in Ipswich, and Goldstone followed in the same town on 25 December 1955.
References
- Duncan Tanner, Goldstone, Sir Frank Walter (1870–1955), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edition, Jan 2008 accessed 16 May 2008
Further reading
- The coming General Secretary, The Schoolmaster (11 Jan 1924), 39
- S. Blake and A. E. Henshall, Schoolmaster and Woman Teacher's Chronicle (6 Jan 1956)
- B. Simon, The politics of educational reform, 1920–1940 (1974)
- R. Barker, Education and politics, 1900–1951: a study of the labour party (1972)
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frank Walter Goldstone
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Sunderland Dec. 1910–1918 With: Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt. |
Succeeded by Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt. and Ralph Milbanke Hudson |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Labour Chief Whip 1914–1916 |
Succeeded by George Henry Roberts |
Educational offices | ||
Preceded by | Member of the Senate of the University of Durham 1915–1921 |
Succeeded by Peter Lee |
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers 1924–1931 |
Succeeded by Frederick Mander |
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