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Description: | This photograph shows John Stonehouse (1925-1988), the Labour minister, addressing a London Co-operative Society (LCS) meeting. The LCS was founded in 1920 and existed until 1981. It covered much of the London area, as well as parts of adjoining counties. Stonehouse was a director of LCS from 1956-1962, and President from 1962-1964. He is notorious for faking his own death by leaving his clothes on a beach in Miami in 1974 to escape the consequences of his extra-marital and financial affairs. He was arrested in Australia whilst trying to set up home with his mistress, and imprisoned for three years. He is seen here before his disgrace speaking "for the motion." | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bishopsgate Institute | Rights holder: | Bishopsgate Institute | Subjects: | Power and Politics | Temporal: | c1960 | Source: | Bishopsgate Institute | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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