Samuel Perry
Politician
1877 – 1954
Who was Samuel Perry?
Samuel Frederick Perry, was a Labour Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom. He was the father of the British tennis and table tennis champion Fred Perry.
Born in Stockport, Cheshire, Sam Perry began his education with a scholarship at the Stockport Grammar School but was forced to give up school at the age of ten when his father died, becoming a cotton spinner like his father. He became involved in the local co-operative movement with the Stockport Co-operative Society then Birkenhead and on the creation of the Co-operative Party in 1917 was appointed its first national secretary.
Appointment as the senior official in the Party brought Perry to London with nine-year-old Fred. The family lived on the co-operatively run Brentham Estate in Ealing, where Fred was able to use the tennis courts and cricket pitch. Sam Perry unsuccessfully contested the 2-member Stockport constituency at a by-election in1920 and again at the subsequent 1922 general election.
Perry was elected at the 1923 general election as Member of Parliament for Kettering in Northamptonshire, defeating the Conservative MP Owen Parker.
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- Born
- Jun 29, 1877
Stockport - Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Died
- Oct 19, 1954
Willesden
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on July 23, 2013
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