Birth of John Robert Clynes
Birth of John Robert Clynes
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
John Robert Clynes Biography and Timeline
Follow John Robert Clynes through 17 dated historical records for Great Britain.
John Robert Clynes, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1869–1949Years on this page
1869
1900
Labour Representation Committee (LRC)
Attends the 1900 conference that formes the Labour Representation Committee which became the Labour Party
1906
Member of Parliament
Stands for the new Labour Party in the general election and is elected to Parliament for Manchester North East
Election
Stands for the new Labour Party in the general election and is elected to Parliament for Manchester North East
1910
Vice Chairman
Elected vice-chairman of the party
1917
Parliament
Appointed Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Food in the Lloyd George coalition Government
1918
Food Rationing
Clynes administers compulsory rationing to distribute scarce food more evenly during wartime.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1918-1919
1921
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party
Role range: 1921-1922
1922
Election
Labour increases its MPs from 52 to 142
Role range: 1921-1922
1924
Leader of House of Commons
Appointed Leader of the House of Commons
Role range: 1924-1924
Lord Privy Seal
Appointed Lord Privy Seal
Role range: 1924-1924
Party Leader
When MacDonald became Prime Minister he made Clynes the party's leader in the Commons
1929
Home Secretary of Great Britain
Appointed Home Secretary
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
1931
Election
Clynes is one of Labours casualties in the 1931 election, losing his Manchester Platting seat
Member of Parliament
Clynes is one of Labours casualties in the 1931 election, losing his Manchester Platting seat
1935
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament & regains his seat of Manchester Platting
1949
Death of John Robert Clynes
Death of John Robert Clynes
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.