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James Wignall

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James Wignall

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 27 October 1922
Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x75244

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  • James Wignall (1856-1925), Labour politician; MP for Forest of Dean. Sitter in 3 portraits.

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  • Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42746 portraits.

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Current affairs

The British Broadcasting Company (later British Broadcasting Corporation) is established to experiment with radio broadcasting. It is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, providing radio, television and Internet services to the public in Britain and across the world.

Art and science

1922 is a key year for modernist literature with the publication of James Joyce's novel, Ulysses and T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land. Both broke new ground with Ulysses (loosely based on Homer's Odyssey) introducing the 'stream of consciousness' narrative technique, and The Waste Land experimenting with multiple voices and a patchwork of literary, historic, mythological and personal allusions.

International

The Soviet Union is formed under Joseph Stalin who takes power after Lenin suffers a debilitating stroke.
In an attempt to avoid civil war, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy invites Benito Mussolini to form a new government following the Fascist Party's March on Rome.

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Cheryl Ireland

27 August 2022, 20:38

James Wignall ( Labour MP for the Forest od Dean) was married to my Great-Aunt Mary, who was one of the older sister's of my grandfather William Gladstone Rees. My grandfather and James were firm friends. As a young man my grandfather did a lot for James and the labour movement. James sent him to help organize the trade union amongst the men who mined coal in S Wales. He was one of the Tonipandy martyrs and left for dead. Fortunatly the family found him in time and he was sent to another sister ( Ellen) who had married a "gentleman farmer" on the Welsh Marshes ( Dorstone Castle). It took him two years to be restored to health. According to the family folkloreJames had a son called Trevour, who became a sport's journalist and regularly travelled across the pond, in quite a lavish style ( used cruise ships) in pursuit of his job