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Frank Smith (British politician)

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was entirely compatible with religion. After the election, he undertook a speaking tour of the United States with Hardie. In 1901, he resigned his council seat and rejoined the Salvation Army, but continued as an active socialist, becoming Secretary of the
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to quell a secessionist movement among the Salvationists there, then returned to the UK as the first leader of the Social Wing of the Salvation Army. On the voyage to America he read
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which introduced him to Georgist ideas. In 1890, he co-wrote
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Politicians from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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British newspaper editor and Christian socialist politician
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Index

Frank Smith (UK politician)

British
newspaper editor
Christian socialist
politician
Chelsea
upholstery
Sloane Street
Salvation Army
United States
Henry George
Progress and Poverty
In Darkest England and the Way Out
William Booth
labour movement
Weekly Dispatch
Hammersmith
1892 general election
London County Council
Independent Labour Party
1894 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election
Keir Hardie
radical
journalism
Labour Leader
Glasgow Tradeston
1895 general election
spiritualism
Brotherhood Movement

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