James Peddie, Baron Peddie
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
Web links
- James Peddie at Hansard (English)
- Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
- Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
- James Mortimer Peddie, Baron Peddie, on thepeerage.com , accessed September 12, 2016.
- Publications ( Open Library )
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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 |