Charles Ammon, 1st Baron Ammon
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Charles George Ammon, 1st Baron Ammon PC DL JP (22 April 1873 – 2 April 1960) was a British Labour Party politician.
The son of Charles George and Mary Ammon, he was educated at Public Elementary schools. He worked with the Post Office for twenty-four years. He was Secretary of the Union of Post Office Workers from 1920 to 1928, the first General Secretary of the National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs, and the Organising Secretary of the Civil Service Union.
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[edit] Local politics
He was London County Councillor for North Camberwell from 1919-1925 and 1934-1946, and Chairman of London County Council in 1941-1942. He was an Alderman on Camberwell Borough Council from 1934-1953 and Mayor of Camberwell, 1950-1951. Freedom of Borough of Camberwell, 1951.
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He was Member of Parliament for Camberwell North from 1922-1931 and 1935-1944, unsuccessfully contesting the seat in 1918 and 1931. He was Labour Party whip in 1923 and a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party, 1921-1926.
He held office as Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty in 1924 and again in 1929-1931. He was a member of the West African Mission of 1938-1939 and a Member of the Select Committee on National Expenditure, 1939-1944. He was temporary Chairman of Committees, 1943. In 1943 he was Chairman of a Parliamentary commission to investigate the future of the dominion of Newfoundland.
He was raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Ammon, of Camberwell, in 1944 and appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1945. In the House of Lords he was Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms (Chief Whip) from 1945-1949, and a Deputy Speaker of the House from 1945-1958. In 1947 he was Chairman of a Parliamentary Mission to China.
He was first Chairman of the National Dock Labour Board from 1944-1950. His political career was effectively ended when he clashed with the government over the 1949 London dock strike.
Outside Parliament, he was President of the UK Band of Hope Union and a Methodist Local Preacher. He was President of the International Arbitration League, Vice-President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a Governor of the London School of Economics and Dulwich College and Chairman of the Trustees of Crystal Palace. He was a Member of the Channel Islands Commission in 1947.
He was predeceased by his only son Charles Kempley Ammon (1907-1909) and the title Baron Ammon became extinct on his death.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Henry Newton Knights |
Member of Parliament for Camberwell North 1922–1931 |
Succeeded by Arthur Leonard Bateman |
| Preceded by Arthur Leonard Bateman |
Member of Parliament for Camberwell North 1935–1944 |
Succeeded by Cecil Aubrey Gwynne Manning |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by (new creation) |
Baron Ammon 1944–1960 |
Succeeded by (extinct) |
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| Preceded by The Lord Templemore |
Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords 1945–1949 |
Succeeded by The Lord Shepherd |
| Preceded by The Earl Fortescue |
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms 1945–1949 |
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