John Edmondson Whittaker
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John Edmondson Whittaker (1897 – c.9 December 1945) was a Labour Party
politician in the United Kingdom
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John Whittaker was born in Burnley
in 1897. After working as a weaver in a cotton mill as a boy, Whittaker was educated at Burnley Municipal College and Sarisbury Court Church of England
Teachers Training College, Hampshire. He fought in the First World War.
In 1921 he marred Alice, daughter of Frank Marshall, esquire. There was a daughter from the marriage.
He was Headmaster of Rosegrove County Modern School, Burnley until his election as Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe
at the 1945 General Election, when he defeated the sitting Conservative MP, James Henry Wootton-Davies by 892 votes.
In late-1945 Whittaker suffered bouts of ill-health, first influenza, then collapsing in Manchester.
On 7 December 1945, Whittaker told his wife he was going for a walk. His body was discovered two days later at Crown Point, near Burnley. He had committed suicide.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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John Whittaker was born in Burnley
Burnley
Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....
in 1897. After working as a weaver in a cotton mill as a boy, Whittaker was educated at Burnley Municipal College and Sarisbury Court Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
Teachers Training College, Hampshire. He fought in the First World War.
In 1921 he marred Alice, daughter of Frank Marshall, esquire. There was a daughter from the marriage.
He was Headmaster of Rosegrove County Modern School, Burnley until his election as Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe
Heywood and Radcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)
Heywood and Radcliffe was a county constituency centred on the towns of Heywood and Radcliffe in South Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:Under the Representation of...
at the 1945 General Election, when he defeated the sitting Conservative MP, James Henry Wootton-Davies by 892 votes.
In late-1945 Whittaker suffered bouts of ill-health, first influenza, then collapsing in Manchester.
On 7 December 1945, Whittaker told his wife he was going for a walk. His body was discovered two days later at Crown Point, near Burnley. He had committed suicide.