Benjamin Pickard
Benjamin Pickard (1842-1904), M.P.
M.P., President of the Miners' Federation.
Obituary 1904[1]
"...Mr. Pickard was born on the 28th February, 1842, at Kippax, near Wakefield. His father, Thomas Pickard, wall a collier, a trade which the son followed - gradually improving his position until 1878. Mr. Pickard, who made himself very popular in the Kippax district, became president of his lodge, and was afterwards elected delegate to the West Yorkshire Assciation. At thirty-one years of age, on the resignation through ill-health of Mr John Dixon, the then secretary of the association, Mr. Pickard became assistant secretary. He very quickly set himself to unite the Colliery Associations of South and West Yorkshire. After much hard fighting he succeeded in 188l, when the Yorkshire Miners' Association was formed, with Mr. Pickard a general secretary. In 1885 Mr. Pickard..."More.
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- ↑ The Engineer 1904/02/05, p141.