Thomas Worrall Casey (13 October 1869 – 29 November 1949) was a British Liberal politician and Trade Union leader.

Background

He was born in the

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district of

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, as the son of William and Jemima Ann Casey. He was educated at Gleadless Church School. He was married in 1894. He had two sons and three daughters. In 1916 his eldest son, Alpheaus Abbott Casey of the York and Lancaster Regiment, was killed in the First World War. His memorial can be found in Thiepval in the Lancaster regiment.‘CASEY, Thomas Worrall’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 200
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Trade Unionism

He started work at 12 years of age on a farm. At 13 he went to work at Birley Colliery, near Sheffield, where he remained until 18 years of age. He was employed at this time as an engineman. He left and started at Cadeby Colliery, near Rotherham, as a winding engineman, and remained there for 24 years. On leaving he was presented with a Gold Hunter Watch by workmen and officials. He was elected as the General Secretary of the

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, serving for 25 years.

Politics

At the 1918 general election, Casey was elected for the Sheffield Attercliffe constituency. He benefitted from being endorsed by Prime Minister

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, He then moved to contest

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as a Liberal. He finally fought

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as a Liberal National. With this final loss, he gave up on Parliamentary politics. He was elected to

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. He was a Justice of the Peace in the city of Sheffield. He was a

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lay preacher for 60 years. He died in Sheffield aged 80.

References

* Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, ''Who's Who of British MPs: Volume III, 1919–1945''

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Casey, Thomas Worrall 1869 births 1949 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Politicians from Sheffield UK MPs 1918–1922 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) politicians National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) politicians