Thomas Lowth

Lowth in 1911

Thomas Lowth (4 November 1858 – 26 May 1931) was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ardwick, a ward in Manchester from 1922 until his death. He was a member of the Labour Party.

Biography

Lowth was born at Billingborough, Lincolnshire on 4 November 1858. Having received elementary school education, he entered the railway service in 1875 and moved to Manchester. He worked on the railway for 23 years, doing various jobs, then became the general secretary of the General Railway Workers' Union in 1898, a trade union he had helped to establish some years earlier.

Death

Lowth died on 26 May 1931 at the age of 72. He had been ill for several weeks, and died in hospital in London.

References

    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Augustine Hailwood
    Member of Parliament for
    1922 1931
    Succeeded by
    Joseph Henderson
    Trade union offices
    Preceded by
    Andrew Clark
    General Secretary of the General Railway Workers' Union
    1898 1913
    Succeeded by
    Position abolished
    Preceded by
    New position
    Assistant General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
    1913–1919
    With: Samuel Chorlton
    Walter Hudson
    J. H. Thomas (19131916)
    Succeeded by
    Charlie Cramp
    as Industrial General Secretary


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