they had two children. He died at his home in Scawthorpe, near Doncaster, in April 1971. References External links 1883 births 1971 deaths Alumni of the University of Nottingham Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945 National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs People from Ripley, Derbyshire People from the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 United Kingdom Postmasters General Ministers in the Attlee governments, 1945–1951