Will Crooks, Labour MP
Will Crooks (1852 - 1921), socialist politician who grew up in the Poplar district of East London where his family spent some time in a workhouse. In 1894 he became chairman of the Poplar Board of Guardians. In 1901 he took office as the first Labour mayor of Poplar. In 1903, he became MP for Woolwich as a member of the Labour Representation Committee
Picture No
10424713
Media ID
47524213
Size
4598px x 5716px
(6.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed printed photograph
Date
circa 1910
