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Lancashire / Thomas Hamilton Garside- Writer & Social Reformer
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Would appreciate any information relating to family/background of writer & social reformer Thomas Hamilton Garside born c 1855-1863 Died Chelsea 1927. Lived Lower Broughton Salford Manchester. Unitarian/Methodist preacher Ireland. American Wife Emma Goldman of Pennsylvania. Married Philadelphia 1884. US Textile Union President Great Strike of 1890.
Led "Showman's Litigation" case versus Landlords 1904-06 as Chr of Lancs & Cheshire Society of Stallholders. Published "Horrors of Ancoats" 1893 (LSE Liberal Party Archive) exposing exploitation of tenants by Manchester Corp. 1918 co-author with James Hogge MP of influential War Pensions Report. Secretary Fed of Discharged & Disabled Sailors & Soldiers.[img][img]- But where/when was he born (non-conformist record) His parents photo att simply says "Mr & Mrs Garside" ?
Led "Showman's Litigation" case versus Landlords 1904-06 as Chr of Lancs & Cheshire Society of Stallholders. Published "Horrors of Ancoats" 1893 (LSE Liberal Party Archive) exposing exploitation of tenants by Manchester Corp. 1918 co-author with James Hogge MP of influential War Pensions Report. Secretary Fed of Discharged & Disabled Sailors & Soldiers.[img][img]- But where/when was he born (non-conformist record) His parents photo att simply says "Mr & Mrs Garside" ?