Lloyd Jones (socialist)

Lloyd Jones
Photograph of Lloyd Jones
Lloyd Jones
Born
Patrick Lloyd Jones

(1811-03-17)17 March 1811
Bandon, County Cork, Ireland
Died22 May 1886(1886-05-22) (aged 75)
Stockwell, London, England
Occupations
  • Trade unionist
  • co-operator
  • journalist
  • writer
Base of the Reformers Memorial, Kensal Green Cemetery, showing Lloyd Jones

Lloyd Jones (born Patrick Lloyd Jones; 17 March 1811 – 22 May 1886) was an Irish socialist and union activist, advocate of co-operation, journalist and writer.

He was born in Bandon, County Cork in 1811. Described by Sidney and Beatrice Webb as one of "the more thoughtful working-men leaders"[1] and referred to by Karl Marx as "The Tailor", he was a friend, supporter and biographer of Robert Owen (his The Life and Times of Robert Owen was published posthumously in 1889) and aided Samuel Plimsoll in his campaign to improve safety at sea. During the American Civil War, he resigned from the Glasgow Sentinel rather than write a pro-Confederate article.[2]

  1. ^ Webb, Sidney; Webb, Beatrice (1920). The History of Trade Unionism, 1666–1920 (rev ed.). p. 340.
  2. ^ "LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. » 29 May 1886 » The Spectator Archive". Archive.spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2018.