William
Johnson
Born in Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Priscilla (Davenport) Johnson
— married
13 Apr 1868 in Foleshill, Warwickshire, England
Husband of
Ann (Phillips) Johnson
— married
20 Jan 1908 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 70
in Foleshill, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Apr 2020
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Biography
William was born in 1849. He passed away in 1919.
Johnson was born in Chilvers Coton, which was then a small village near the town of Nuneaton in Warwickshire, the youngest son of John Johnson, a collier and began work young, in both factories and collieries.
In 1885 Johnson became secretary to the Warwickshire Miners Association. After serving on several local bodies he was elected to Warwickshire County Council for Bedworth, becoming an alderman by 1916, by which times he was also chairman of Bedworth Parish Council, treasurer of the Midland Miners Federation, a Free and Accepted Mason of the Grand Lodge of England, a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Warwickshire, and a governor of the Nicholas Chamberlain School Foundation.
He first stood for election to Parliament at the 1892 general election, when he unsuccessfully contested the Tamworth division of Warwickshire as a Lib-Lab candidate. He was unsuccessful again at the 1900 general election, when he contested the Nuneaton division. He won the seat on his attempt, at the 1906 general election,and remained the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nuneaton it until he retired from Parliament at the 1918 general election.
Although first elected as a Liberal party (Lib-Lab) MP, Johnson was required to take the Labour party whip in 1909. This was because of a decision by the Miners Federation of Great Britain, to affiliate to the Labour party.
William is buried in Coventry Road Cemetery, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England.
Sources
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Secondary
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_(Liberal-Labour_politician)
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192902050/william-johnson
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