{{Short description|British trade unionist and politician}} {{Infobox person | name = Arthur Seabury |image = File:Arthur_Edward_Seabury.png |birth_date = {{Birth date|1878|11|20|df=yes}} |birth_place = Clayton-le-Moors |death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|10|20|1878|11|20|df=yes}} |death_place = Warrington | citizenship = British | occupation = Politician }}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} '''Arthur Edward Seabury''' (25 November 1878–20 October 1953) was a British trade unionist and politician.
== Life == Arthur Edward Seabury was born on 25 November 1878 at Clayton-le-Moors to Nathaniel Seabury (1850-1921) and Frances (née Wilkinson).<ref>Cheshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1939 for Arthur Edward Seabury</ref><ref>Manchester, England, Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms, 1758-1912 for Arthur Edward Seabury</ref> Seabury lived in Warrington and became prominent in the British Socialist Party. In 1916, he chaired the party's conference.<ref>{{cite news |title=British Socialists |work=Manchester Guardian |date=24 April 1916}}</ref> The party later affiliated to the Labour Party, and Seabury was elected to the council, serving until 1934.<ref>''Liverpool Daily Post'', 1 May 1934, p. 13</ref>
Seabury began working full-time for the National Union of General Workers in 1919, as a district officer. He retained the post when the union became part of the new National Union of General and Municipal Workers (NUGMW), and in 1934 was appointed as the union's Lancashire District Secretary. He retired in 1943, and died in Warrington on 20 October 1953.<ref name="clegg">{{cite book |last1=Clegg |first1=H. A. |title=General Union in a Changing Society |date=1964 |publisher=Basil Blackwell |location=Oxford |page=215}}</ref><ref>England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995</ref>
On 26 December 1901, Seabury married Sarah Ann Weir in Farnworth, Lancashire,<ref>Cheshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1939 for Arthur Edward Seabury</ref> and together they had four daughters.
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