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Description: | Fenner Brockway had been converted to socialism by Keir Hardy in 1907. He was prosecuted 9 times as a conscientious objector in World War 1, and spent almost 3 years in jail. In 1948 he helped set up the Peoples Congress against Imperialism, and in 1954 founded the Movement for Colonial President, of which he was the President for many years.
Brockway was Sloughs' MP until 1964. Following his defeat in this election he was made a life peer, choosing the title Baron Brockway of Eton and Slough. He was actively opposed to the arms race. He was instrumental in setting up CND, and also co-founded the World Disarmament Campaign (UK) in 1979.
Brockway also served as Chairman of the Movement for Colonial Freedom, and Chairman of the British Asian and Overseas Socialist Fellowship. He died in 1988, just a few months short of his hundredth birthday.
In the 1964 election, Fenner Brockway was defeated by Anthony Meyer, by just 11 votes after 3 recounts. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Slough Library | Subjects: | Town Halls ; Buildings ; Statues ; Sculpture ; Members of Parliament Fenner Brockway ; Lord Brockway of Eton and Slough ; | Temporal: | start=2006-01-01; end=2008-02-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Michael Day | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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