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Magical Tome
- First published
- 1908
- Publisher
- North of England Newspaper Co.
- Pages
- 118 pages
From mine to ministry
The outer archives are busy
About this book
This is a short biography of Thomas Burt, the first working man to be an MP. It was written and sold for a popular readership. Burt was first elected in 1874, for the Morpeth (Northumberland) constituency as a result, first, of the widening of the franchise under the second Reform Act, and second, of a legal ruling giving the vote to miners in tied houses. He was notable for his wisdom, fairness and liberal sympathies. There is a bust of him in Morpeth Town Hall.
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