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Allen, Clifford, 1889-1939
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Dates of existence
1889-1939
History
Reginald Clifford Allen, 1st Baron Allen of Hurtwood, was born on May 9, 1889, in Newport, Wales.
He was a British politician, peace campaigner, and author. He was educated at University College, Bristol, and Cambridge University (1908-1911). He served as Secretary and then General Manager of the Daily Citizen from 1911 to 1915. He was Chairman of the No-Conscription Fellowship during World War I and was imprisoned as a conscientious objector three times. After the war, he was Treasurer and Chairman of the Independent Labour Party (1922-1926), Chairman of the New Leader (1922-1926), and director of the Daily Herald (1925-1930). In 1934, he co-founded the Next Five Years Group seeking a progressive centre-left re-alignment in British politics. He published numerous essays, articles, and speeches on pacifism, socialism, and the Labour government.
In 1921, he married Baroness Marjory Gill (1897–1976). He suffered from tuberculosis because of his imprisonment. He died on March 3, 1939, recovering in a sanatorium in Switzerland.