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Biographical Index. !
(1848-1851) and his novels, Yeast and Alton Locke, revealed a passionate
sympathy %vith the poor, but he was Tory rather than Radical. " He was
thoroughly in harmony with the class of squires and country clergy iTien who
required, in his opinion, to be roused to their duties, not deprived of their
privileges." Co-operation he opposed to revolution. Bitterly and stupidly
attacked at first, he was ultimately appointed a canon of Westminster. His
better known works, beside those mentioned, include Hypatia, Westward Ho
The Heroes, Two Years Ago, The Water Babies, and Poems.
Lamb, Frederick (1843-1894).—A fitter in an engineering works, as nominee
of the Banbury Society he was elected to the Committee of the C.W.S. London
Branch in 1876, retiring in 1888. An active Wesleyan.
Lee, Isaiah (1833-1908).—Born in Oldham, the son of handloom weavers,
at ten years of age he worked in a mill. Emigrating to America in 1854, he
returned shortly afterwards and joined the co-operative movement, serving
for many years on the committee of the Oldham Industrial Society. He was
a member of the C.W.S. Committee from November, 1867, to November, 1868.
Lever, Samuel (1829-1888).—A native of Halifax, he migrated to Bacup in
the sixties. Many years president of Bacup Society, he was elected to the
C.W.S. Committee in 1876. Retiring in 1885, he again obtained a seat in 18S6
and held office until his death. A power-loom overlooker by trade and an
active Liberal in politics.
Longfield, Edward.—Nominated by the Manchester and SaKord Equitable
Society, he served on the C.W.S. Committee from May to November, 1867,
during which period he held office as treastu'er. A secretary of the Manchester
Mechanics' Institute, and, later, secretary of the co-operative mill at Sabden.
Lord, James E. (1852-1910).—Born at Rochdale, he began his working life
at the loom, and afterwards became a bookkeeper. A member of the Pioneers'
Society, he was appointed secretary in 1881, retaining the office until 1898. An
auditor of the C.W.S. from 1885 until his death; auditor also of the Insurance
Society, the Printing Society, and numerous local societies.
Lord, John, J.P. (1842-1909).—Joined the Accrington Society in the early
sixties. He served for twenty-one years on its committee, three years as
president; later, was elected to the Central Board of the Co-operative Union.
Elected to the C.W.S. Committee in 1883, he resigned on account of ill-health
in 1907. Appointed a J.P. for Accrington in 1892.
Lownds, James (1831-1895).—Of Ashton. Apprenticed to shoemaking,
later he entered the employ of the Prudential Assurance Company, and joined
the Ashton-under -Lyne Society in the seventies, serving on the committee
and as chairman for five successive years. A director and for many years
chairman of the Star Corn Mill. Elected to the C.W.S. Committee in 1885,
he died in office. A devoted worker for Primitive Methodism, and for over
thirty years a Sunday School superintendent.
Ludlow, J. M. (1821-1911).—Born in India, the son of an army officer.
Educated in Paris, receiving the degree of Bachelor of the University of
France. He it was who brought from Paris to Lincoln's Inn those ideas of tlie
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