James keir hardie biography of albert

          Hardie was born in He was illegitimate: his mother Mary worked as a maid at Holytown near Airdrie in Lanarkshire.!

          James Keir Hardie.

        1. KEIR HARDIE J. KEIR HARDIE CHAPTER ONE THE MAKING OF AN AGITATOR JAMES KEIR HARDIE was born on August i5th, , in a one-roomed house at Legbrannock, near.
        2. Hardie was born in He was illegitimate: his mother Mary worked as a maid at Holytown near Airdrie in Lanarkshire.
        3. Description: A head and shoulders portrait of James Keir Hardie, socialist reformer.
        4. The Scottish-born trade unionist and politician was escorted back to the home of a supporter where he was staying by a disorderly crowd shouting.


          5. Statue of Keir Hardie in Front of Cumnock Town Hall
           

          James Keir Hardie lived from 15 August to 26 September He rose from extremely humble origins to become one of Britain's most well regarded politicians, and the first leader of the Labour Party.

          The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.

          Keir Hardie was born in Newhouse, North Lanarkshire, in He was the illegitimate son of Mary Keir, a servant. She later married David Hardie, a carpenter, and the family moved to Glasgow.

          Keir Hardie never attended school, growing up in great poverty, and from the age of 8 working as a baker's delivery boy: at the time he was the family's only wage-earner. He was fired from his job for turning up late, the fact that he had sat up the previous night tending his dying brother was not seen as an adequate excuse.

          The family moved back to Lanarkshire, where at the age of 11, Keir Har