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Henry Mayers Hyndman

(1842-1921), Socialist leader

Sitter in 4 portraits
After studying at Cambridge, Hyndman worked as a war correspondent on the Pall Mall Gazette reporting on Garibaldi's advances in Italy and becoming fascinated by European nationalism. A substantial inheritance allowed him to combine business interests with political activism. Influenced by Karl Marx, Hyndman determined to establish a new political party aimed at 'the direct representation of labour'. The Democratic Federation was inaugurated in June 1881 and later became the Social Democratic Federation. Hyndman was a leading figure during the labour agitations of the 1880s and a distinctive voice in the socialist movement up to his death in 1921. The SDF became affiliated with the Labour Party in 1918.

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Henry Mayers Hyndman

by Sydney Prior Hall
oil on canvas, exhibited 1914
NPG 6747

Henry Mayers Hyndman

by Edward Hill Lacey, cast by Ercole James Parlanti
bronze bust, 1922
NPG 1947

Henry Mayers Hyndman

by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1919
NPG x6522

Henry Mayers Hyndman

by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1919
NPG x6521

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