Joshua RitsonCBE (16 June 1874 in Farlam – 5 February 1955 in Sunderland)[1][2][3] was a British Labour politician who served as member of parliament (MP) for the City of Durham. He was elected in 1922, unseated in 1931, and re-elected in 1935 and remained in Parliament until 1945.[4][5] He is known for his representation of the Durham miners.[6] He became mayor of Sunderland in 1945,[7] and was appointed the C.B.E. Order of the British Empire in 1949.[8] In 1951 he was made Roll of Honorary Freeman of the former Borough of Sunderland.[9]
Quotes
"The day has passed when we had to take off our hats to the squire and bow to the bishop"[10]
Personal
Born in 1874, he was the son of Joshua Ritson from Bampton, Cumberland[5] and his wife Ann. His older brother John Ritson was President of the Northern Colliery Officials Association.[11] In 1900, he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Irvin Dinning.[8] His great-niece is Labour Party politician Baroness Joyce Quin.[12]
See also
List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election of: 1922, 1923, 1924, 1929 and 1935
References
^"Mr Joshua Ritson", Hansard 1803–2005 → People (R) via UK Parliament
^ ab"Mr. Joshua Ritson", The Times, London, Monday, 7 February 1955; page 10, Issue 53159.
^Hester Barron, The 1926 miners' lockout: meanings of community in the Durham coalfield, Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN0-19-957504-5, ISBN978-0-19-957504-6, 314 pages (page 40)
^ abWho was who: a companion to Who's who, containing the biographies of those who died, Volume 5, Publisher A. & C. Black, 1961. (page 929)
^8 October 1951, "Roll of Honorary Freeman of the former Borough of Sunderland", Sunderland City Council.
^Hester Barron, The 1926 miners' lockout: meanings of community in the Durham coalfield, Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN0-19-957504-5, ISBN978-0-19-957504-6, 314 pages (page 195)
