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British politician (1888–1988)

Archibald Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway (1 November 1888 – 28 April 1988) was a British socialist politician, humanist campaigner and anti-war activist.

Early life and career

Brockway was born to Rev. William George Brockway and Frances Elizabeth Abbey in Calcutta, British India.^[1] He developed an interest in politics while attending the School for the Sons of Missionaries, then in Blackheath, London (now Eltham College), from 1897 to 1905.

"Your father used to be such a good man," sighed Fenner Brockway, an old-time Labour Party radical, whom I happened to get into conversation with some time.

"Your father used to be such a good man," sighed Fenner Brockway, an old-time Labour Party radical, whom I happened to get into conversation with some time.

GP/1/2/ - Letter to Malcolm Bruce Glasier from A. Fenner Brockway, London.

A detailed biography of Fenner Brockway that includes images, quotations and the main facts of his life.

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Malcolm Muggeridge () was a much-read English left journalist, critic, and international observer and a close friend of George.

In 1908, Brockway became a vegetarian.^[2] Several decades later, during a debate in a House of Lords on animal cruelty, he said: "I am a vegetarian and I have been so for 70 years. On the whole, I think, physically I am a pretty good advertisement for that practice."^[3]

After leaving school, he worked as a journalist for newspapers and journals including The Quiver, the Daily News and the Christian Commonwealth.

In 1907, Brockway joined the Independe