Table of Contents

1. Introduction, John Hargreaves, Keith Laybourn, and Richard Toye 2. J.H. Whitley (1866-1935): A Speaker shaped by his Halifax roots, John Hargreaves 3. Clifton: Inspiration and Service, C. S. Knighton 4. J.H. Whitley: A Model for Free Churchmen, Clyde Binfield 5. J.H. Whitley and Halifax Politics between 1890 and 1906: The Politics of Social Reform, Keith Laybourn 6. Industrial Relations and joint industrial councils: the UK and beyond 1916-1939, Greg Patmore 7. J.H. Whitley as Speaker of the House of Commons, 1921-1928, Richard Toye 8. J.H. Whitley and St. Stephen’s Hall in the Palace of Westminster, Graham E. Seel 9. J.H. Whitley and the Royal Commission on Labour in India 1929-1931, Amerdeep Panesar, Amy Stoddard, James Turner, Paul Ward and Sarah Wells 10. J.H. Whitley and the BBC 1930-1935, David Hendy 11. ‘Equal partners in a great enterprise’: experiencing Radio in Yorkshire in the time of J.H. Whitley, Christine Verguson 12. Self-government: J.H. Whitley’s worlds in context, Keith Robbins 13. J.H. Whitley ‘first draft of history’: a study of the obituaries and personal tributes, John Barrett

About the Author

John A. Hargreaves is an Associate of the Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a Fellow of the Historical Association and a Fellow of the Society of Anitiquaries. He has written extensively and co-edited Slavery in Yorkshire: Richard Oastler and the campaign against child labour in the Industrial Revolution (2012).

Keith Laybourn is the Diamond Jubilee Professor of the University of Huddersfield, a prolific writer on British labour history, and both President and Secretary of the Society for the Study of Labour History. He co-authored Britain’s First Labour Government (2006, 2013) and has recently published The Battle for the Roads of Britain: Police, Motorists and the Law c. 1890-1970 (2015).

Richard Toye is Professor of Modern History at the University of Exeter. He is widely published and his most recent book (co-written with Martin Thomas) is Arguing about Empire: Imperial Rhetoric in Britain and France, 1882-1956 (2017).