Joshua Ritson CBE (16 June 1874 in Farlam – 5 February 1955 in Sunderland)[1][2][3] was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham. He was elected in 1922, unseated in 1931, and re-elected in 1935 and remained in Parliament until 1945.[4][5] He is known for his representation of the Durham miners.[6] He became mayor of Sunderland in 1945,[7] and was appointed the C.B.E. Order of the British Empire in 1949.[8] In 1951 he was made Roll of Honorary Freeman of the former Borough of Sunderland.[9]

Quotes

"The day has passed when we had to take off our hats to the squire and bow to the bishop"[10]

Personal

Born in 1874, he was the son of Joshua Ritson from Bampton, Cumberland [5] and his wife Ann. His older brother John Ritson was President of the Northern Colliery Officials Association.[11] In 1900, he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Irvin Dinning.[8] His great-niece is Labour Party politician Baroness Joyce Quin (b. 1944),[12] the daughter of Basil Godfrey Quin and Ida Ritson (b. 1907)[13] the daughter of Joshua's older brother, David Ritson.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mr Joshua Ritson", Hansard 1803–2005 → People (R) via UK Parliament
  2. ↑ "Former M.P. Dies", The Bulletin, 7 Feb 1955
  3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Joshua Ritson" @ familysearch.org
  4. ↑ "Mr Joshua Ritson" @ theyworkforyou.com
  5. 1 2 "Mr. Joshua Ritson", The Times, London, Monday, 7 Feb 1955; page 10, Issue 53159.
  6. ↑ Hester Barron, The 1926 miners' lockout: meanings of community in the Durham coalfield, Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 0-19-957504-5, ISBN 978-0-19-957504-6, 314 pages (page 40)
  7. ↑ Sarah Stoner, "Wearside Echoes: A century of home comforts", Sunderland Echo, Monday 2 January 2012
  8. 1 2 Who was who: a companion to Who's who, containing the biographies of those who died, Volume 5, Publisher A. & C. Black, 1961. (page 929)
  9. ↑ 8 October 1951, "Roll of Honorary Freeman of the former Borough of Sunderland", Sunderland City Council.
  10. ↑ Hester Barron, The 1926 miners' lockout: meanings of community in the Durham coalfield, Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 0-19-957504-5, ISBN 978-0-19-957504-6, 314 pages (page 195)
  11. ↑ "John Ritson", Durham Mining Museum
  12. ↑ Robert Waller, Byron Criddle, The almanac of British politics, Volume 7, Publisher Routledge, 2002, ISBN 0-415-26833-8, ISBN 978-0-415-26833-2, 929 pages (page 383)
  13. ↑ "Joyce Gwendolen Quin, Baroness Quin" @ thepeerage.com
  14. ↑ The Times, 21 September 2010 (ref)
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