Lewis Wright, Baron Wright of Ashton-under-Lyne

Lewis Tatham Wright, Baron Wright of Ashton -under- Lyne, of Ashton- under-Lyne in the County Palatine of Lancaster CBE (born: Lewis Tatham Styles; * October 11, 1903, † 15 September 1974) was a British trade union official and Labour Party politician, who ' was Association 1953-1968 Secretary General of the textile workers Union Amalgamated Weavers and 1968 was as a life peer, due to the Life peerages Act 1958 a member of the House of Lords.

Life

Lewis worked as a textile worker and later became involved more than forty years as an official in the Amalgamated Weavers' Association, the union of textile workers. In 1953 he became the successor of Andrew Naesmith as General Secretary of the Amalgamated Weavers' Association and has held this function for fifteen years until his replacement by Harry Kershaw 1968. Effective January 1, 1964, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire because of its many years of service ( CBE) appointed.

By Letters Patent of January 22, 1968 Wright was raised due to the Life peerages Act 1958 as Life peer with the title Baron Wright of Ashton -under- Lyne, of Ashton- under-Lyne in the County Palatine of Lancaster to the peerage, and was so until his death in the House of Lords as a member. His official introduction ( Introduction) took place on February 7, 1968 with the support of Jack Cooper, Baron Cooper of Stockton Heath and William Carron, Baron Carron, both of which were also long-time union officials.

On the Trade Union Congress of the TUC in 1968 in Blackpool Wright was elected as the successor to Harry Douglass, Baron Douglass of Cleveland for a one-year term as President of the TUC and held that post until his replacement by John E. Newton on the Trade Union Congress in 1969 in Portsmouth. Subsequently, he was 1969-1970 President of the Textile Institute, Manchester.