| 词条 | John Jacques, Baron Jacques |
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John Henry Jacques, Baron Jacques (11 January 1905 – 20 December 1995)[1] was a British businessman and politician for the Co-operative Party. BackgroundBorn in Ashington, he was the son of Thomas Dobsons Jacques, a miner and Ann Jaques, (née Bircham)[2] A scholarship led him to the Co-operative College, located in Manchester, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in commerce.[2] He then went to Low Moorsley as a secretary-manager of its Co-operative Society in 1925.[2] CareerIn 1929, Jacques became a tutor at his former school and from 1942 worked as an accountant for Plymouth's Co-op Society until 1945.[5] He was subsequently chief executive of the Portsea Island Co-operative Society until 1965[5] and during this time served as President of the 1961 Co-operative Congress.[3] From 1964, Jacques chaired the Co-operative Union, retiring after six years.[5] In 1971, he became president of the Retail Trades Education Council, a post he held until 1975.[5] In recognition of his services to the Co-operative movement, on 11 July 1968 he received a life peerage with the title Baron Jacques, of Portsea Island, in the County of Hampshire, sitting as a Labour Co-operative peer.[4] After some years in the House of Lords, Jacques was appointed a Lord-in-waiting in 1974, however was replaced three years later.[2] In 1977, he became a Deputy Chairman of Committees until 1985.[2] He served as Lord-in-Waiting again in 1979, shortly before Labour's defeat by the Conservative Party.[2] FamilyJacques and Constance White were married in 1929 and had two sons and a daughter.[2] Constance died in 1987 and two years later Jacques married Violet Davies.[5] He died at Portsmouth in 1995 and was survived by his second wife.[5] The Portsea Island Society's store in Fratton Road, Portsmouth is now a Wetherspoons pub and was named "The John Jacques" in his honour.[6] References1. ^ {{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersJ.htm | title = Leigh Rayment - Peerage | accessdate = 10 December 2009 }} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite book | isbn = 0-905702-11-5 | title = Dod's Parliamentary Companion | date = 1986 | publisher = Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd. | pages = 146 | author = Charles Roger Dod and Robert Phipps Dod }} 3. ^ {{cite web|url=http://archive.co-op.ac.uk/downloadFiles/congressPresidentstable.pdf |title=National Co-operative Archive - Congress Presidents 1869-2002 |format=pdf |date=February 2002 |accessdate=10 May 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528100558/http://archive.co-op.ac.uk/downloadFiles/congressPresidentstable.pdf |archivedate=28 May 2008 |df= }} 4. ^ {{London Gazette | issue = 44631 |page=7695 | date = 11 July 1968 }} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news | last = Gallacher | first = John | title = Obituary - Lord Jacques | newspaper = The Independent | date = 22 December 1995 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lord-jacques-1526935.html | accessdate = 20 December 2009 }} 6. ^ {{cite web | url = http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/pubs/pub-details.php?PubNumber=1526 | title = Pub Profile - "The John Jacques" | accessdate = 29 May 2008 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080728000630/http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/pubs/pub-details.php?PubNumber=1526 | archivedate = 28 July 2008 | df = }} External links
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