James Peddie, Baron Peddie

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James "Jim" Mortimer Peddie, Baron Peddie ( April 4, 1905 , † April 13, 1978 ) was a British politician of the Co-operative Party who became a member of the House of Lords in 1961 as a life peer under the 1958 Life Peerages Act .

Life

Peddie first became involved in the cooperative movement in Kingston upon Hull as press officer and as a director and was during the Second World War employee in the Ministry of Information ( Ministry of Information ) before he (director of the Cooperative Wholesale Society Co-operative Wholesale Society ) was. He was also a member of the boards of directors of The Co-operative Insurance and the Co-operative Permanent Building Society , which became what is now the Nationwide Building Society , Britain's largest building society .

Peddie, who became a member of the Order of the British Empire for his services , was between 1957 and 1965 as successor to Albert Ballard chairman of the Co-operative Party and at the same time 1958 President of the cooperative congress. During this time he sought close contacts with the Labor Party and the Trades Union Congress , the umbrella organization of the British trade unions .

By a letters patent dated February 9, 1961, Peddie was raised to the nobility due to the Life Peerages Act 1958 as a life peer with the title Baron Peddie , of the City and County of Kingston upon Hull, and thus belonged to the House of until his death Lords as a member.

Publications

  • Taking stock. Dangers and opportunities , 1961

Background literature

  • Cooperatives - Cooperative Activists: Co-Operative Party Politicians, Presidents of Co-Operative Congress , 2012, ISBN 9781234706128

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personal data
SURNAME Peddie, James, Baron Peddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peddie, James Mortimer, Baron Peddie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1905
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1978