John Morley
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John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn,, was a British Liberal statesman, writer and newspaper editor.
Morley, c. 1890
Portrait of Lord Morley of Blackburn by Walter William Ouless
John Burns
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John Elliot Burns was an English trade unionist and politician, particularly associated with London politics and Battersea. He was a socialist and then a Liberal Member of Parliament and Minister. He
John Morley
…eight hours bill, rare among politicians, brought him the hostility of labour leaders. In September 1891, two mass meetings saw labour leaders such as John Burns, Keir Hardie and Robert Blatchford all calling for action against Morley. In the election of 1892, Morley did not face a labour candidate but the Eight…
Burns, circa 1911
Caricature of Burns in Vanity Fair, October 1892, wearing the straw hat for which he was famous during the 1889 Dock Strike.
Burns as the Colossus of Battersea, in a 1909 Punch cartoon by Leonard Raven-Hill