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Biographical Index*

Hague, Benjamin (1811-1890).—A handloom weaver from nine years of
age; later a newsagent; then manager of Barnsley Society. Member of
C.W.S. Board, 1871 to 1873, and from 1874 to 1884. A Liberal and strenuous
temperance worker.
Haigh, Isaac (d. 1903).—An accountant, and sometime committee-man
of the Barnsley Society. Elected auditor to the C.W.S. in 1888, and died in
office. Was for twelve years a member of the Barnsley Town Council.
Hall, Titus (1828-1897).—Born at Heywood, Lancasliire. In mature life he
was a cotton warp agent in Bradford, Yorkshire. Associated with co-operation
in Bradford from the sixties, he was elected to the C.W.S. Committee in
1871. He retired in 1874, was re-elected in 1877, and sat until 1885, dui-ing
part of wliich time he acted as secretary. For many years a director of the
Co-operative Insurance Society. A steadfast Congregationalist and a strong
Radical.
Hanljinson, J.—Of Preston. Auditor to the C.W.S., 1864 to 1865.
Hawkins, George (1844-1908).—Born at Hertingfordbury, near Hertford;
served an apprenticeship as a printer. In 1872 went to Oxford as compositor
in Oriental languages at the University Press. This year saw the founding of
the Oxford Society, and he joined the committee, and was for twenty-five years
the society's president. A member of the C.W.S. Committee from 1885 to
1907, he acted as chairman of the London Branch for the later years. As
chairman of the Exeter Congress, he distinguished himself in office by the
brevity and point of his presidential address. An ardent trade unionist, local
president of the Typographical Association, " father " to the " chapel " of the
University Press, and principal organiser of the Oxford Trades and Labour
Council; he was also a city councillor for Oxford.
Hayes, Thomas (1829-1912).—Bom at Newton Heath, Manchester. A
silkloom weaver, he joined a few friends in attempting co-operative weaving
at nineteen years of age. Later (1859) was a leading founder, first secretary,
and afterwards shopman of the Failsworth Industrial Society. Elected to the
C.W.S. Committee in 1871 ; in 1874 he was appointed manager of the Crumpsall
Works (see Chapter X.), holding the position for twenty-five years. Early
connected with the Printing Society, and secretary for twenty-one years;
chairman of the Newspaper Society also for its first four years; a reader from
the time when he first bought the chartists' Northern Star. One of the band of
working-class secularists and Radicals which inspired Howarth, Cooper, and
others, and whose work in the co-operative movement stands in nothing
behind that of their comrades inspired by a different faith.
Hemm, William P. (1820-1889).—A native of Nottingham, whose work as
an engineer took him to Derby, where he was associated with the early
struggles of the co-operative society. Returning to his native town, he was
successively conunittee-man, auditor, and treasiuer of the Lenton and Notts
Society. Elected to the C.W.S. Committee in 1888, he died in office one year
later. A Primitive Methodist, whose church membersliip and work extended
over fifty years, and an active Liberal, he was also returned as the working
man's candidate to the second Nottingham School Board.
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