Alfred Allen, Baron Allen of Fallowfield
Alfred Walter Henry Allen, Baron Allen of Fallowfield CBE (7 July 1914 – 14 January 1985)[1] was a British unionist and governor of the BBC.
Born in Bristol, he was educated at East Bristol School and worked then for the Bristol Co-operative Society until 1940, when he joined the Royal Air Force.[2] After the end of the Second World War in 1945, Allen left the Force as a sergeant and was chosen an area organiser of the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers in the year thereafter.[2] Following its merger into the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers in 1947, he became a national officer in 1951.[2] Allen was elected the Union's general secretary in 1962, a post he held for seventeen years until 1979.[3] In the Birthday's Honours 1967, he was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[4]
Allen was a member of the general council of the Trades Union Congress and in 1974 was nominated its president.[5] On 10 July of the latter year, he was created a life peer with the title Baron Allen of Fallowfield, of Fallowfield, in Greater Manchester.[6] In 1977, Allen served in the Board of Governors of the BBC.[7]
In 1940, he married Ruby Millicent Hounsell and had by her a son and a daughter.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersA2.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ a b c d Who Is Who 1963. London: Adam & Charles Black. 1963. pp. 42.
- ^ Taylor, Robert (1980). The Fifth Estate: Britain's Unions in the Modern World. Pan. pp. 396. ISBN 0330259431.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 44326. p. 6277. 44326. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ McIntosh, Sir Ronald (2006). Challenge to Democracy: Politics, Trade Union Power and Economic Failure in the 1970s. Politico's. pp. 133. ISBN 1842751573.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 46352. p. 7918. 24 September 1974. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "BBC, Official Website - History of the BBC" (PDF). http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/resources/factsheets/boards_of_governors.pdf. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
[edit] External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Alfred Allen, Baron Allen of Fallowfield
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Alan Birch |
General Secretary of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers 1962 – 1979 |
Succeeded by Bill Whatley |
| Preceded by Joseph Crawford |
President of the Trades Union Congress 1974 |
Succeeded by Constance Marie Patterson |
