# David Shackleton > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Shackleton > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Shackleton.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shackleton > Source revision: 1347734806 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British cotton worker and trade unionist}} {{About|the British trade unionist|the Australian naval officer|David Shackleton (admiral)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Sir | name = David Shackleton | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} | image = David Shackleton.JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = David Shackleton in the mid-1900s | office = [Deputy Leader of the Labour Party](/source/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)) | term_start = 12 February 1906 | term_end = 28 January 1908 | leader = [Keir Hardie](/source/Keir_Hardie) | predecessor = ''Office established'' | successor = [Arthur Henderson](/source/Arthur_Henderson) | office1 = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom))
for [Clitheroe](/source/Clitheroe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | term_start1 = 1 August 1902 | term_end1 = 30 November 1910 | predecessor1 = [Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth](/source/Ughtred_Kay-Shuttleworth%2C_1st_Baron_Shuttleworth) | successor1 = [Albert Smith](/source/Albert_Smith_(British_politician)) | birth_name = David James Shackleton | birth_date = {{Birth date|1863|11|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Cloughfold](/source/Cloughfold), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), UK | death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|08|01|1863|11|21|df=yes}} | death_place = | party = [Labour](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) | other_party = [Labour Representation Committee](/source/Labour_Representation_Committee_(1900)) | height = | spouse = | relations = | children = | parents = | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = }} '''Sir David James Shackleton''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (21 November 1863 – 1 August 1938) was a cotton worker and trade unionist who became the third [Labour](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom), following the formation of the [Labour Representation Committee](/source/British_Labour_Party). He later became a senior [civil servant](/source/civil_servant). ==Early life and career== Shackleton was born in [Cloughfold](/source/Cloughfold) near [Rawtenstall](/source/Rawtenstall), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire). He became a cotton worker at the age of nine. He rose through the ranks of the cotton weavers' union and became [general secretary](/source/general_secretary) of the Textile Factory Workers Association. He was a member of the [Darwen](/source/Darwen) Town Council, and member of the [Blackburn](/source/Blackburn) Chamber of Commerce. ==Political career== Although the textile workers had not yet joined the LRC, Shackleton was appointed its candidate for the [Clitheroe by-election in 1902](/source/Clitheroe_by-election_in_1902). [Philip Snowden](/source/Philip_Snowden), who had been considered by the [Independent Labour Party](/source/Independent_Labour_Party), withdrew from the race. The [Liberals](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK)) and [Conservatives](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) also withdrew, sensing Shackleton's strong lead. He was thus elected unopposed on 1 August 1902.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Election intelligence |date=2 August 1902 |page=10 |issue=36836}}{{London Gazette|issue=27461|page=5037|date=5 August 1902}} The textile workers' unions affiliated to the LRC shortly afterwards. Shackleton served as Chairman of the [Parliamentary Labour Party](/source/Parliamentary_Labour_Party) for a period.thumb|Shackleton (on right) in 1906, with other leading figures in the partyShackleton became chairman of the [Trades Union Congress](/source/Trades_Union_Congress) in 1906, maintaining his powerful position in the trade union movement. In 1910, [Winston Churchill](/source/Winston_Churchill) invited him to join the [civil service](/source/civil_service) and Shackleton left Parliament. He quickly rose to the rank of [permanent secretary](/source/permanent_secretary) in the new [Ministry of Labour](/source/Ministry_of_Labour_(United_Kingdom)) and is considered the first man from a working-class background to rise to such a senior position. == References == {{Reflist}} ==Source== *''The Lancashire Giant: David Shackleton, Labour Leader and Civil Servant'' (2000), Ross M Martin, {{ISBN|0-85323-934-7}} == External links == *{{Hansard-contribs | mr-david-shackleton | David Shackleton }} {{S-start}} {{S-par|uk}} {{Succession box | title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for
[Clitheroe](/source/Clitheroe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | years = [1902](/source/1902_Clitheroe_by-election)–[Dec 1910](/source/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election) | before = [Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth](/source/Ughtred_Kay-Shuttleworth%2C_1st_Baron_Shuttleworth) | after = [Albert Smith](/source/Albert_Smith_(MP)) }} {{S-ppo}} {{Succession box| title=Chair of the [Labour Party](/source/National_Executive_Committee_of_the_Labour_Party) | before=[John Hodge](/source/John_Hodge_(politician)) | after=[Arthur Henderson](/source/Arthur_Henderson) | years= 1904–1905}} {{s-npo|union}} {{succession box|title=General Secretary of the
[Darwen Weavers' Association](/source/Darwen_Weavers'_Association)|years=1894 – 1907|before=[Joseph Cross](/source/Joseph_Cross_(trade_unionist))|after=John Parkington}} {{succession box|title=[Trades Union Congress](/source/Trades_Union_Congress) representative to the
[American Federation of Labour](/source/American_Federation_of_Labour)|years=1907|with=[John Hodge](/source/John_Hodge_(politician))|before=[Joseph Nicholas Bell](/source/Joseph_Nicholas_Bell) and
[Allan Gee](/source/Allan_Gee)|after=[Herbert Skinner](/source/Herbert_Skinner_(trade_unionist)) and
[John Wadsworth](/source/John_Wadsworth)}} {{succession box|title=President of the
[Northern Counties Amalgamated Association of Weavers](/source/Northern_Counties_Amalgamated_Association_of_Weavers)|years=1906 – 1910|before=[David Holmes](/source/David_Holmes_(trade_unionist))|after=[John William Ogden](/source/John_William_Ogden)}} {{Succession box | title = President of the
[Trades Union Congress](/source/Trades_Union_Congress) | years = 1908 and 1909 | before = [Alfred Gill](/source/Alfred_Gill) | after = [James Haslam](/source/James_Haslam) }} {{s-gov}} {{s-bef|before=none}} {{s-ttl|title=[Permanent Secretary](/source/Permanent_Secretary) of the
[Ministry of Labour](/source/Ministry_of_Labour_(United_Kingdom))|years=1916–1921|with=Sir [James Masterton-Smith](/source/James_Masterton-Smith)
(1920–1921)}} {{s-aft|after=Sir [Horace Wilson](/source/Horace_Wilson_(civil_servant))}} {{S-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shackleton, David}} Category:1863 births Category:1938 deaths Category:People from Cloughfold Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Category:Presidents of the Amalgamated Weavers' Association Category:Members of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress Category:Permanent secretaries of the Ministry of Labour Category:UK MPs 1900–1906 Category:UK MPs 1906–1910 Category:UK MPs 1910 Category:Presidents of the Trades Union Congress Category:Textile workers Category:United Textile Factory Workers' Association-sponsored MPs Category:Chairs of the Labour Party (UK) Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [David Shackleton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shackleton) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shackleton?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.