55 people matching these criteria:
- group '315'
Fabian Society
The Fabian Society is considered the precursor to the foundation of the Labour party in 1900. Against a backdrop of increased socialist activity in late Victorian Britain, the society was formed on 4th January 1884. It was an off-shoot of another socialist society called The Fellowship of the New Life, members were able to attend both societies, until The Fellowship dissolved in 1899. The Fabian Society was named in honour of the Roman general Quintus Fabius, who successfully implemented the strategy of delaying his attacks on the invading Carthaginian Army. The ground breaking Fabian Essays by writers including George Bernard Shaw and Annie Besant, championed the power of local government and trade unionism over violent upheaval. Beatrice and Sidney Webb are two of the society's most significant figures and Beatrice's 'Minority Report to the Commission of the Poor Law' is considered to have provided the foundations for the modern welfare state. The society founded the London Schools of Economics and the New Statesmen magazine.
Charlotte Shaw (née Payne-Townshend)
1857-1943Political and women's rights activist and member of the Fabian Society; wife of George Bernard Shaw
Sitter in 4 portraits
(Robert) Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham
1906-1990Politician; Foreign Secretary and member of the Fabian Society
Sitter associated with 17 portraits
Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Bt
1870-1958Politician; MP and President of the Board of Education
Sitter in 9 portraits
Academic and politician; MP for Hitchin, Crosby and Stevenage and co-founder of Social Democratic Party
Sitter in 11 portraits