Mary Agnes Hamilton
| Mary Agnes Hamilton CBE | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Blackburn with Thomas Harry Gill | |
|
In office 30 May 1929 – 26 October 1931 | |
| Preceded by |
Sir Sydney Henn and John Duckworth |
| Succeeded by |
Walter Dorling Smiles and George Sampson Elliston |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 July 1884 |
| Died | 10 February 1966 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Newnham College Cambridge |
Mary Agnes Hamilton (8 July 1884 – 10 February 1966)[1] was the Labour MP for Blackburn from 1929 to 1931.[2]
Early life
Hamilton (known as Molly) was the daughter of Robert Hamilton, Professor of Logic at Glasgow University.[3]
Education
She was educated at Glasgow Girls' High School, and later took First Class Honours at Newnham College Cambridge.[3]
Career
Journalism
In 1916 Hamilton caused some controversy by writing an anti-war novel, Dead Yesterday.[4]
In the early 1920s, she was the deputy editor of the New Leader. She also held a position on the Balfour Committee on Industry and Trade.[3]
Politics
Molly Hamilton was an intimate of the Labour leader and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald after the death of his wife. She produced impressions of MacDonald in 1923 and 1925 as 'Iconoclast', which were later updated and published together in 1929 under her own name. She did not follow him out of the Labour Party in 1931.
In 1937 she was elected an alderman on the London County Council.[1][5]
Later career
From 1940, Hamilton worked for the US branch of the Ministry of Information.[3] She was made a CBE in 1949.
Hamilton wrote a biography of Arthur Henderson, and profiles of Mary Macarthur and Margaret Bondfield.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Mary Agnes Hamilton". Women MPs elected 1918-1929. Queen's University Belfast. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ↑ Pugh, Martin (2010). Speak for Britain!: A New History of the Labour Party. Random House. p. 205. ISBN 1-4070-5155-5.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Hartley, Cathy (2013). Historical Dictionary of British Women. Routledge. p. 204. ISBN 1-135-35533-9.
- ↑ Sherry, Vincent B. (2005). The Cambridge companion to the literature of the First World War. Cambridge University Press. p. 102. ISBN 0-521-82145-2.
- ↑ "The New L.C.C.". The Times. 9 March 1937. p. 13.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mary Agnes Hamilton
- Works by Mary Agnes Hamilton at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Mary Agnes Hamilton at Internet Archive
- Works by Mary Agnes Hamilton at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Sydney Henn and John Duckworth |
Member of Parliament for Blackburn 1929–1931 With: Thomas Harry Gill |
Succeeded by Walter Dorling Smiles and George Sampson Elliston |