James Peddie, Baron Peddie
The Lord Peddie | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 8 February 1961 – 13 April 1978 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 April 1905 |
Died | 13 April 1978 (aged 73) |
Political party | Labour Co-operative |
Spouse(s) | Hilda Mary Alice Bull |
James Mortimer Peddie, Baron Peddie, MBE (5 April 1905 - 13 April 1978) was a British businessman and politician, a leading figure in the UK co-operative movement.
Early life and education[]
Peddie was son of Crofton Peddie (1863-1938), of Hull, Yorkshire and of Stirling, a labourer at a colour-works, and his wife Ethel, daughter of George Whisker, of Hull, formerly a farmer in North Yorkshire.[1] The Peddie family were from Kelso, on the Scottish Borders (formerly Roxburghshire), and through marriage in the 1800s acquired property on Antigua; Peddie's great-grandfather, Robert Peddie, MD, was a member of the House of Assembly of Antigua.[2]
He was educated at St Paul's Council School, the Hull Municipal Technical College, and at the London School of Economics.[3][4][5]
Career[]
Peddie started his work in the co-operative movement for the as Publicity Manager and a director. He served in the Ministry of Information during World War II then became a director of the Co-operative Wholesale Society. He served on the boards of the Co-operative Insurance Society and the Co-operative Permanent Building Society (now the Nationwide). He was the President of Co-operative Congress in 1958.
Peddie also served on the national executive of the Co-operative Party and chaired the Party 1957–1965. He became a bridge between the co-operative and trade union movements, and the Labour Party, serving on the . He served as President of both the Co-operative Congresses of 1958.[6]
Peddie was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1944 Birthday Honours,[7] and was created Baron Peddie, of the City and County of Kingston upon Hull on 8 February 1961.[8] He sat on the Labour benches as a Labour Co-operative peer.
He was one of the first members of the National Consumer Council and was appointed chair of the National Board for Prices and Incomes and of the . Peddie was also a governor of the British Film Institute and the Advertising Standards Authority.
Personal life[]
In 1931, Peddie married Hilda Mary Alice, daughter of Henry James Ernest Bull, of Lowestoft, Suffolk and of Hull.[9][10] They had a son and two daughters.[11][12]
References[]
- Lord Graham of Edmonton, 'A proud legacy', The Co-operative News, 29 April-13 May 2008
- ^ "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48098. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Privy Council, and Order of Preference, 103rd ed., ed. Peter Townend, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1963, p. 9
- ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion, 1978, p. 235
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories, 1973, p. 877
- ^ Who was Who, A Companion to Who's Who, Vol. 7, A. & C. Black, 1971, p. 616
- ^ Congress Presidents 1869-2002 (PDF), February 2002, archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-28, retrieved 2008-05-10
- ^ "No. 36547". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1044. p. 2674.
- ^ "No. 42274". The London Gazette. 10 February 1961. p. 1016.
- ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion, 1978, p. 235
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories, 1973, p. 877
- ^ The Blue Book: Leaders of the English-speaking World 1973-4, St James's Press, 1973, p. 1102
- ^ Who was Who, A Companion to Who's Who, Vol. 7, A. & C. Black, 1971, p. 616
- 1978 deaths
- 1905 births
- Labour Co-operative life peers
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Presidents of Co-operative Congress