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'''Georgius Nicoll Barnes''' (natus die [[2 Ianuarii]] [[1859]]-; mortuus die [[21 Aprilis]] [[1940]]) fuit reum politicarum peritus et legatus [[Regnum Britanniarum|Britanniae]] apud [[Deliberatio de pace componenda Lutetiae facta (1919)|Deliberationem de pace componenda]] [[Lutetia]]e factam anno [[1919]]. Ab anno [[1906]] usque ad annum [[1922]] munere poopuli [[Glasgovia]]e in [[Parlamentum Britannicum |Parlamento Britannico]] functus est.
<!--'''George Nicoll Barnes''' [[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]] [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] ([[January 2]], [[1859]]–[[April 21]], [[1940]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[politician]] and a leader of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].
Barnes was born in [[Lochee]], [[Dundee]], the second of five sons of James Barnes, a skilled engineer and mill manager from [[Yorkshire]], and his wife, Catherine Adam Langlands. The family moved back to England and settled at [[Ponders End]] in [[Middlesex]], where his father managed a [[jute]] mill in which George himself began working at the age of eleven, after attending a church school at [[Enfield Highway]]. He then spent two years as an engineering apprentice, first at Powis James of [[Lambeth]] then at Parker's foundry, [[Dundee]]. After finishing his apprenticeship he worked for two years at the Vickers shipyard in [[Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow]] before returning once again to the [[London]] area, where he experienced unemployment during the slump of 1879. He had a number of short-term jobs before settling for eight years at Lucas and Airds in [[Fulham]]. In 1882 he married Jessie, daughter of Thomas Langlands, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.
During his time in London Barnes became an active member of the [[Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union|Amalgamated Society of Engineers]] (serving as its General Secretary), a committed member of the co-operative movement, and a keen if moderate socialist, which led him to join the [[Independent Labour Party]] on its foundation in 1893. At the [[United Kingdom general election, 1895|1895 general election]] he stood unsuccessfully for the [[Independent Labour Party]] in [[Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Rochdale]]. He was elected as [[List of British MPs|MP]] for [[Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1906|1906 general election]] for the Labour Party. He sat for that constituency until it was abolished for the [[United Kingdom general election, 1918|1918 general election]], and thereafter sat for [[Glasgow Gorbals (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Gorbals]] until he stood down at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1922|1922 election]].
He was leader of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] from [[February 14]], [[1910]] to [[February 6]], [[1911]]. He was [[Secretary of State for Work and Pensions|Minister of Pensions]] (1916-1917) and [[Minister without Portfolio]] ([[1917]]-[[1920]]) under [[David Lloyd George]]. In [[1918]] the Labour Party decided to leave the [[Lloyd George Coalition]] but Barnes refused to resign. As a result he was expelled from the Labour Party and founded the [[National Democratic Party (UK)|National Democratic Party]]. After resigning as a minister early in 1920 he played no further significant role in [[British politics]]. In March 1920 he was appointed a [[Order of the Companions of Honour|Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]] for his ministerial services. He quit politics when the Labour Party announced that it would again field a candidate against him in the general election of 1922. As it was clear that the tide would turn strongly towards the official Labour candidates throughout Glasgow, and as he had no wish to serve in any other party, he decided to withdraw from his seat.
Barnes had a long and active retirement, continuing to support the [[International Labour Organization]], serving as chairman of the Co-operative Printing Society, and publishing several books, including his autobiography, ''From Workshop to War Cabinet'' (1923), and a ''History of the International Labour Office'' (1926). He was a pleasant-looking, mild-mannered man, but little is known about his private life; one of his sons was killed during the [[World War I|First World War]]. He died in 1940 at his London home, and was buried in Fulham Cemetery.-->
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[[Categoria:Nati 1859]]
[[Categoria:Mortui 1940]]
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[[Categoria:Incolae Scotiae]]
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