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Roberts, George Henry, 1868-1928

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Personal name headingRoberts, George Henry, 1868-1928
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Variant(s)Roberts, George Henry, 1869-1928
Roberts, G. H. (George Henry), 1868-1928
Roberts, Georgie, 1868-1928
Associated countryGreat Britain England
Associated placeNorfolk (England) Norwich (England)
Birth date1868-07-27
Death date1928-04-25
Place of birthChedgrave (England)
Place of deathSevenoaks (England)
Field of activityPolitical science Labor union democracy Beet sugar industry
AffiliationLabour Party (Great Britain) Conservative Party (Great Britain)
British Sugar Beet Society
Profession or occupationPoliticians Businesspeople
Labor union members
Found inBritish agriculture, the nation's opportunity, 1917: t.p. (G.H. Roberts, M.P.)
LC database, 2011-10-12 (Roberts, George Henry, 1869- )
Concise dictionary of national biography 1901-1950, 1961: p. 368 (Roberts, George Henry, 1869-1928, politician and labor leader)
Meeres, Frank. George Roberts MP, 2019: p. 7 (became the first Labour Party Member of Parliament in East Anglia; after the war, he stood for Norwich as an Independent candidate ... then became a Conservative MP; 'Georgie' Roberts) p. 9 (born in the Norfolk village Chedgrave on 27 July 1868 ... Roberts covered up his background by a simple lie, and one that was never exposed in his lifetime ... he always gave his date of birth as 27 July 1869 and this is the date given in all his obituaries and articles of biography) p. 11 (George Henry Roberts) p. 96-97 (expanded his career as a businessman ... now chairman of the Committee of Management of the British Sugar Beet Society) p. 99 (died on 25 April 1928 at Edenhurst, Sevenoaks, a hotel)
Oxford DNB online, viewed 26 February 2019 (Roberts, George Henry (1868-1928), trade unionist and politician; born at Chedgrave, near Loddon, Norfolk, on 27 July 1868; died at a hotel, Edenhurst, in Sevenoaks, Kent, on 25 April 1928)
Associated languageeng