Keir Hardie
(1856-1915), Socialist leader and founder of the Labour Party(James) Keir Hardie (né James Kerr)
Sitter in 22 portraits
Socialist, miner, trade unionist, MP (1892-5, 1900-15) and leader of the Labour Party (1906-8). Born in a one-room cottage in Lanarkshire, Hardie entered parliament in 1892 as independent Labour MP for West Ham South, one of the very first working class members. He made his entrance into the House of Commons heralded by a brass band, and wearing a tweed suit and deerstalker hat, thus becoming known as 'the man in the cloth cap'. He became the first leader of the Labour Party in the House of Commons in 1906. An eloquent spokesman and greatly respected pioneer, he was largely responsible for the creation of the Labour Party as a political force.
by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pen and ink, 1890s?
NPG 2846
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, before 1892
NPG 3579
by William John Monkhouse ('Cosmo') Rowe, after a photograph by George Charles Beresford
pencil, 1905-1932, based on a work of 1905
NPG 2542
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 8 February 1906
NPG 4456
by Sylvia Pankhurst
watercolour, before 1910
NPG 3979
by Sylvia Pankhurst
chalk, circa 1910
NPG 3978
by Arthur Clegg Weston
bromide cabinet card, circa 1892
NPG x13173
by James Russell & Sons
halftone postcard print, 1900s
NPG x197786
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinotype print, 1905
NPG x13172
by E.H. Mills, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1905
NPG x197785
'The Labour Group in the House of Commons, Photographed Feb. 13th 1906 on the Terrace'
probably after Charles Henry Park
halftone postcard print, 1906 (13 February 1906)
NPG x193150
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1908
NPG x20359
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1908
NPG x20358
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1911
NPG x20361
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1911
NPG x1097
William Adamson; Keir Hardie; Thomas Richardson
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 6 February 1911
NPG x137724
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1914
NPG x197897
by William John Monkhouse ('Cosmo') Rowe, after a photograph by George Charles Beresford
lithograph, (1905)
NPG D42979
Keir Hardie ('Men of the Day. No. 1001. "Queer Hardie."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 February 1906
NPG D45313
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Sheila Orr
20 April 2019, 20:30
My grandfather Hugh Lorimer, born approx 1874, died 1956, was one of Keir Hardie's tailors in Cumnock.