. Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men. HON. SIR EDWARD PIERSOX THESIGER Sir Edwards life career has been consistently associatedwith the House of Lords since 1S6.;, when he became aclerk in the Parliament Office, and from 1866 until 1890was Secretary of Presentations to six successive LordChancellors. From 1890 to 1916 he held the appointmentof Clerk .\ssistant to the House of Lords. Now retiredfrom acti\e appointments, he is interested in \oIuntarychurch work, and is Chairman of the Clergy PensionsInstitution, the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office
. Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men. HON. SIR EDWARD PIERSOX THESIGER Sir Edwards life career has been consistently associatedwith the House of Lords since 1S6.;, when he became aclerk in the Parliament Office, and from 1866 until 1890was Secretary of Presentations to six successive LordChancellors. From 1890 to 1916 he held the appointmentof Clerk .\ssistant to the House of Lords. Now retiredfrom acti\e appointments, he is interested in \oIuntarychurch work, and is Chairman of the Clergy PensionsInstitution, the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office, and theQueen \ictoria Clergy Fund. He was educated at has always been devoted to games, and was a member ofthe I. Zingari Cricket Club, and for twehe years Secretaryto the Civil Service Cricket Club : golf and cycling arealso among his recreations. Music is his principal hobby,and he is a master of the violin. His Club is the RT. HON. JAMES HEXRV THOMAS. , Secretary, National Union of Railwaymen. was bom in very humble circumstances, andcommenced to earn his own living as an errand boy atthe age of nine. He subsequently became an engine-cleaneron the Great Western Railway, and later was fireman andengine-driver. He entered public life as a Town Councillorof Swindon. Wilts, and afterwards became representativeof Derby in Parliament. He was President of the Amal-gamated Society of Railway Servants. He has taken avery prominent part in many industrial movements,especially during the threatened strike of the Triple.\lliance of early iq^i, which he successfully exerted hisinfluence to avert. His published work. When LaliourRules, issued in 19^0, attracted much attention. He isinterested in all out-door sports as recreations. (Photo:Russell) l62 yOTADIi: PUBLIC WORK
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