Tom Williams (1888-1967; ODNB), leading figure in the Yorkshire Miners' Association from 1914, and outspoken opponent of the First World War; ardent campaigner for industrial reform, but without ideological convictions; MP (L) Don Valley, 1922-1959; parliamentary secretary, ministry of agriculture, 1940-5, and minister of agriculture, 1945-51; Baron Williams of Barnburgh, 1961.

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