Samuel
Frederick
(Sam)
Perry
MP
Born in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Hannah (Birch) Perry
— married
1901 in Stockport, Cheshire, England
Father of
Edith Birch (Perry) Kerr and Frederick John Perry
Died
at age 77
in Willesden, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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Biography
Wikidata: Item Q7412387, en:Wikipedia 
- MP for Kettering
Samuel was born in 1877 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. He was the son of cotton spinner Samuel Ainsworth Perry and Annie Wild.[1] He was christened in 1879.[2] He attended Stockport Grammar School, but gave up school at the age of 10 after the death of his father, to work as a cotton spinner himself.
- 1881 census - Stockport
He became involved in the local co-operative movement with the Stockport Co-operative Society, then Birkenhead's, and on the creation of the Co-operative Party in 1917 was appointed its first National secretary. The Co-operative Party was closely associated with the Labour movement and Labour Party, with election candidates often standing as members of the Labour and Co-operative Party.
He was elected at the 1923 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kettering in Northamptonshire, defeating the Conservative MP Owen Parker. He lost the seat at the 1924 election to the Conservative Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller, and won it back at the 1929 election, but was defeated again at the 1931 general election by the Conservative barrister John Eastwood.
In 1901 in Stockport, he married Hannah Birch, daughter of John and Francis Birch.[3] They had 2 children:
- Edith Birch Perry 1903- m. Walter Kerr, 3 sons
- Frederick John Perry 1909–1995 Tennis player, married 4 times, 1 natural daughter, 1 adopted son
- 1911 census - Stockport, with wife, 2 children and father-in-law. Occupation: cotton spinner
His wife passed away in 1930.[4]
In 1931 in Brentford, Middlesex, he remarried, to Olive E Gardner.[5] They had a daughter:
- Sylvia F Perry 1934-
He passed away in 1954.
Sources
- ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000,"
- ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
- ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005,"
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