
James Robson (1860–1934) was a
British
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trade unionist
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.
Born in
West Auckland,
County Durham
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, Robson started work at the age of ten. In 1890, he was elected
checkweighman at
Broompark Colliery, then later moved to
Bearpark Colliery. In 1917, he was elected President of the
Durham Miners' Association
The Durham Miners' Association (DMA) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.
History
The union was founded in 1869 and its membership quickly rose to 4,000, but within a year had fallen back to 2,000. In December 1870, William Crawford beca ...
, serving until his death in 1934. From 1918 to 1921, he also served as Treasurer of the
Miners' Federation of Great Britain
The Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) was established after a meeting of local mining trade unions in Newport, Wales, Newport, Wales in 1888. The federation was formed to represent and co-ordinate the affairs of local and regional miners' ...
. He was a member of the
Methodist New Connexion
The Methodist New Connexion, also known as Kilhamite Methodism, was a Protestant nonconformist church. It was formed in 1797 by secession from the Wesleyan Methodists, and merged in 1907 with the Bible Christian Church and the United Methodis ...
.
[Hester Barron, ''The 1926 miners' lockout: meanings of community in the Durham coalfield'', p.186]
References
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1860 births
1934 deaths
British trade union leaders
People from West Auckland