Walter Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine

Sir Walter Citrine, 1936

Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine (born August 22, 1887 in Wallasey or Liverpool , † January 22, 1983 in Brixham ) was a British trade unionist and politician .

From 1926 to 1946 he was Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress . He was chairman of the International Trade Union Confederation from 1928 to 1945 and became the first President of the World Trade Union Confederation in 1946 . The British trade unions at that time had a strong social position. Citrine therefore took the view that it was time for them to take on more responsibility: "the Trade Unions have passed from the era of propaganda to that of responsibility".

On June 3, 1935, he was made Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire and thus raised to the personal nobility. On June 12, 1958, he was raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire and in 1940 admitted to the Privy Council . On July 16, 1946 he was given the hereditary title of Baron Citrine , of Wembley in the County of Middlesex , making him a member of the House of Lords .

Web links

Newspaper article about Walter Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine on thepeerage.com
Overview of activities in the DNB

Individual evidence

^ Portrait of Walter Citrine. In: Spartacus Educational . Retrieved August 15, 2018 .
↑ The entry in the DNB gives Liverpool as the place of birth , where according to other sources Citrine only grew up.
↑ EE Reynolds, NH Brasher: Britain in the Twentieth Century 1900–1964 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1966, pp. 323 .
↑ Knights and Dames at Leigh Rayment's Peerage

predecessor	title	successor
New title created	Baron Citrine 1946-1983	Norman Citrine

personal data
SURNAME	Citrine, Walter, 1st Baron Citrine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Citrine, Walter McLennan (full name); Citrine, Sir Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British trade unionist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 22, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wallasey
DATE OF DEATH	January 22, 1983
Place of death	Brixham

[1] Portrait of Walter Citrine. In: Spartacus Educational . Retrieved August 15, 2018 .

[2] The entry in the DNB gives Liverpool as the place of birth , where according to other sources Citrine only grew up.

[3] EE Reynolds, NH Brasher: Britain in the Twentieth Century 1900–1964 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1966, pp. 323 .

[4] Knights and Dames at Leigh Rayment's Peerage