Albert Inkpin

Albert Inkpin
1st General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain
In office
31 July 1920 – July 1928
ChairArthur MacManus
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJ. R. Campbell
Personal details
Born
Albert Samuel Inkpin

16 June 1884
Haggerston, London, United Kingdom
Died29 March 1944(1944-03-29) (aged 59)
Cause of deathCancer
Spouse
Julia Raven
(m. 1910)
Children3
EducationSt Paul’s School, Hackney

Albert Samuel Inkpin, (also written Inkpen)[1] (16 June 1884 – 29 March 1944) was a British communist and the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). He served several terms in prison for political offences. In 1929 he was replaced as head of the CPGB and made head of the party's Friends of Soviet Russia organisation, a position he retained until his death.

  1. ^ "Conviction, Albert Inkpen". Hansard. 150. 13 February 1922. Retrieved 15 November 2021.