Mr. T. Burt. Lord Hartington. Sir R. Peel. Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Roebuck. Mr. Fawcett. Sir S. Northcote. 'Punch.' Prince Gortschakoff. Sir W. Lawson. Mr. Forster. Mr. Chaplin. Mr. Goschen. Mr. Parnell. The speakerGriffith & Farran, 1880 - Great Britain |
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... . In 1860 he married Mary Weatherburn , of Seghill . In 1865 he was appointed Agent of the Northumberland Miners ' Mutual Confident Association . Elected Member for Morpeth in February 1874. ] POLITICIANS OF TO - DAY . MR . THOMAS BURT.
... . In 1860 he married Mary Weatherburn , of Seghill . In 1865 he was appointed Agent of the Northumberland Miners ' Mutual Confident Association . Elected Member for Morpeth in February 1874. ] POLITICIANS OF TO - DAY . MR . THOMAS BURT.
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... Burt , there are two other gentlemen in the House who began the business of life in a coal - pit , one of these gentlemen being now a baronet and a millionaire . But never before has Parliament received such a self - made man as Mr. Burt ...
... Burt , there are two other gentlemen in the House who began the business of life in a coal - pit , one of these gentlemen being now a baronet and a millionaire . But never before has Parliament received such a self - made man as Mr. Burt ...
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... Burt at that time ; and I can well remember how refreshing it was , after a long wrangle of the usual description among the well - meaning but wrong - headed ' dele- gates ' of the ordinary ... Burt had become the paid Mr. Thomas Burt . 15.
... Burt at that time ; and I can well remember how refreshing it was , after a long wrangle of the usual description among the well - meaning but wrong - headed ' dele- gates ' of the ordinary ... Burt had become the paid Mr. Thomas Burt . 15.
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Thomas Wemyss Reid. " was out , Thomas Burt had become the paid General Secretary of the Northumberland Miners ' Association . Then it was that , as I have already told , he was able to lay aside the pick and take up the pen . He had ...
Thomas Wemyss Reid. " was out , Thomas Burt had become the paid General Secretary of the Northumberland Miners ' Association . Then it was that , as I have already told , he was able to lay aside the pick and take up the pen . He had ...
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... Burt's friends to bring him forward at the last general election under the most favour- able circumstances . He stood for Morpeth , where the members of his own class had secured , if not an actual majority , at least a position of ...
... Burt's friends to bring him forward at the last general election under the most favour- able circumstances . He stood for Morpeth , where the members of his own class had secured , if not an actual majority , at least a position of ...
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