Bill Hogarth

William Hogarth CBE (13 January 1911[1] – 13 May 1973) was a Scottish laborer organiser who was General Secretary of the National Union of Seamen, elected in 1962.[2]

A native of Glasgow, he began his career as a deck boy making 50 shillings a month.[2] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1972 Birthday Honours.[3]

  1. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
  2. ^ a b "William Hogarth – Seamen's Union Leader". The Times. 14 May 1973. p. 14.
  3. ^ "No. 45678". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 May 1972. p. 6262.