France Littlewood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British politician
Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1863
Place of Birth: Honley, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 22-Jan-1941
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About France Littlewood
- France Littlewood (5 August 1863–22 January 1941) was a British socialist activist. Born in Honley, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Littlewood studied at Almondbury Grammar School before working in his father's dye works.
- He joined the Liberal Party, which he represented on Honley Local Union, but left in 1891 to join the new Colne Valley Labour Union.
- In 1893, he was a founder member of the Independent Labour Party (ILP), and he rapidly rose to prominence, becoming national treasurer in 1896, serving until 1902.
- He held a seat for the party on Honley Urban District Council from 1895 to 1896.
- His family's firm was declared bankrupt in 1899, although he and his brothers managed to retain ownership of the mill.At the 1907 Colne Valley by-election, Littlewood was a leading supporter of Victor Grayson, an ILP member who was refused national support because he did not support the Labour Party.
- Grayson was successful, and Littlewood regained his seat on the Urban District Council, in addition to one on the Board of Guardians.
- However, the newly renamed Colne Valley Socialist League followed Grayson in moving away from the ILP and towards syndicalism, a position which Littlewood opposed.
- In 1910, Grayson lost his seat, and the local group split from the ILP, joining the British Socialist Party on its formation, the following year.
- Littlewood sided with a minority loyal to the ILP.During the First World War, Littlewood served as a sergeant with the Volunteer Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
- He remained an ILP supporter until 1928, when he resigned in support of Philip Snowden's economic policies.
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