Birth of John Robert Clynes27 March 1869
Birth of John Robert Clynes
Historical person
John Robert Clynes Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for John Robert Clynes, based on 17 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.
17 records1869–194913 events3 places
Chronological biography
1869
1900
Labour Representation Committee (LRC)1900
Attends the 1900 conference that formes the Labour Representation Committee which became the Labour Party
1906
Election1906
Stands for the new Labour Party in the general election and is elected to Parliament for Manchester North East
Member of Parliament1906
Stands for the new Labour Party in the general election and is elected to Parliament for Manchester North East
1910
Vice Chairman1910
Elected vice-chairman of the party
1917
Parliament1917
Appointed Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Food in the Lloyd George coalition Government
1918
Food Rationing1918
Clynes administers compulsory rationing to distribute scarce food more evenly during wartime.
1921
Chairman1921
Appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party
1922
Election1922
Labour increases its MPs from 52 to 142
1924
Leader of House of Commons1924
Appointed Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Privy Seal1924
Appointed Lord Privy Seal
Party Leader1924
When MacDonald became Prime Minister he made Clynes the party's leader in the Commons
1929
Home Secretary of Great Britain1929
Appointed Home Secretary
1931
Election1931
Clynes is one of Labours casualties in the 1931 election, losing his Manchester Platting seat
Member of Parliament1931
Clynes is one of Labours casualties in the 1931 election, losing his Manchester Platting seat
1935
Member of Parliament1935
Elected Member of Parliament & regains his seat of Manchester Platting
1949
Death of John Robert Clynes23 October 1949
Death of John Robert Clynes
Titles and roles
Food Controller · Viscount · Viscount · Chairman of PLP · Viscount · Home Secretary of Great Britain · Viscount · Leader of House of Commons · Viscount · Lord Privy Seal · Viscount · Member of Parliament for Manchester · Viscount · Parliamentary Secretary · Viscount · Party Leader of Labour Party · Viscount · Vice Charmain
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.