Labour leader and politician. Born John Elliott Burns in Vauxhall. in 1889 he played a major part in the London dock strike. Entered parliament in 1892. Appointed president of the Board of Trade in 1914. Died in the Bolingbroke Hospital, Wandsworth.
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John Burns
Home Secretary 1841-46. Born Cumberland.
USA House of Representatives Majority Whip in 2011. Born California.
Born into the landed gentry. Began his career with the Bank of England in 1921. Knighted in 1955 for services to banking. Lord Mayor of London 1959-60.
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
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