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Walter Citrine married his life-time partner, Dorothy Ellen ('Doris') Slade (1892–1973) in 1914 and they had two sons. They settled in Wembley Park from 1925/6. In 1955 they were living at Dorislade 59, Royston Park Road, Hatch End (Pinner). His wife died in 1973 and Citrine later moved to Brixham in Devon. He died in 1983 at age 95.
Alan Johnson MP, former General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union and Home Secretary described Citrine (as it is generally called), as his and all his colleagues’ key guide. [7] Walter Citrine was a leading British trade unionist of the twentieth century.
Walter Citrine, however, finding the living conditions of the populace absolutely deplorable, aggressively aided the fledgling trade unions of the West Indies and there was considerable fear that he, acting separately from the commission, would ignite further riots.
Baron Citrine, of Wembley in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1946 for the prominent trade unionist Sir Walter Citrine. [1] He was General Secretary of the TUC from 1925 to 1946. The title became extinct on the death of his younger son, the third Baron (who had succeeded his elder ...
The British Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council (BNSANC) was founded in 1934, with Walter Citrine as president. A parallel World Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council to Champion Human Rights (WNSANCHR) was founded at the same time. [1]
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Walter Citrine was appointed as an assistant general secretary of the union in 1920, and transformed its finances, making the reputation which led to his later appointment as General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress. [1]
The TUC and IFTU reconciled later in 1927, as the TUC broke its links to the Soviet trade unions. However, the continental unions had zero confidence in Purcell. In the end, Purcell resigned on his own. He was replaced by the TUC general secretary Walter Citrine in 1928. [2] [20] By 1927 IFTU had around 13.5 million members.