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	Topics Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield Topic Home Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield PCPrivy Council of the United Kingdom Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign.... was a British socialist, economist and reformer, normally referred to in the same breath as his wife, Beatrice WebbBeatrice Webb This article is about the socialist politician.... . He was one of the early members of the Fabian SocietyFabian Society The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by reformis... in 1884, along with G. Bernard ShawFacts About George Bernard Shaw Bernard Shaw was an Anglo-Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and an Academy Award for ... (they joined three months after its inception). Together with Webb's wife BeatriceBeatrice Webb This article is about the socialist politician.... , Annie BesantAnnie Besant Summary Annie Wood Besant was a prominent Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator.... , Graham WallasGraham Wallas Graham Wallas was an English socialist, social psychologist, educationalist, and a leader of the Fabian Society.... , Edward R. PeaseEdward R. Pease Edward Reynolds Pease was an English writer and a founding member of the Fabian Society.... , Hubert BlandHubert Bland Hubert Bland was an early English socialist and one of the founders of the Fabian Society.... , and Sidney Olivier, Shaw and Webb turned the Fabian SocietyFabian Society The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by reformis... into the pre-eminent political-intellectual society of England in the Edwardian era and beyond. Webb was born in LondonLondon London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom.... to a professional family. He studied law at the Birkbeck Literary and Scientific InstitutionBirkbeck, University of London name =Birkbeck, University of London... for a degree of the University of LondonUniversity of London name = University of London\|type = Public... in his spare time, while holding down an office job. In 1895 he helped to establish the London School of EconomicsLondon School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or '... , using a bequest left to the Fabian SocietyFabian Society The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by reformis... . He was appointed its Professor of Public Administration in 1912, a post which he held for fifteen years. In 1892, Webb married Beatrice Potter, who shared his interests and beliefs. The money she brought with her enabled him to give up his clerical job and concentrate on his other activities. Both were members of the Labour PartyLabour Party (UK) The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the main left-wing political party in the United Ki... and took an active role in politicsPolitics Politics is the process by which groups make decisions.... . Sidney became MPMember of Parliament Overview A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament.... for SeahamSeaham Seaham is a small town in County Durham that grew up around a harbour on the North Sea coast of north-east England.... at the 1922 general electionUnited Kingdom general election, 1922 The UK general election of 1922 was held on 15th November 1922.... . The couple's influence can be seen in their hosting of the Coefficients, a dining club which attracted some of the leading statesmen and thinkers of the day. In 1929, he was created Baron Passfield. He served as both Secretary of State for the ColoniesSecretary of State for the Colonies The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet official in charge of managing t... and Secretary of State for Dominion AffairsSecretary of State for Dominion Affairs The position of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British cabinet level position created in 1925 to deal with Br... in Ramsay MacDonaldRamsay MacDonald James Ramsay MacDonald was a British politician and three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.... second Labour Government in 1929. As Colonial Secretary he issued the Passfield white paperFacts About Passfield white paper The Passfield White Paper came out of the Hope-Simpson Commission's investigation into the deeper causes of the Wailing Wall... revising the government's policy in Palestine, previously set by the Churchill White Paper of 1922. In 1930 failing health caused him to step down as Dominions Secretary, but he stayed on as Colonial Secretary till the fall of the Labour government in August 1931. The Webbs were supporters of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state that existed... until their deaths. Their books, Soviet Communism: A new civilization? (1935) and The Truth About Soviet Russia (1942) have been widely criticized for adopting a largely uncritical view of Stalin's conduct during periods that witnessed a brutal process of agricultural collectivization as well as extensive purges and the creation of the gulag system. Their ashes are interred in the nave of Westminster AbbeyWestminster Abbey The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly ... , close to those of Clement AttleeClement Attlee Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, FRS, PC was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ... and Ernest BevinErnest Bevin Summary Ernest Bevin was a British labour leader, politician, and statesman best known for his time as Minister of Labour in the war... . Webb co-authored a pivotal book on the History of Trade UnionismHistory of Trade Unionism *History of Trade Unionism* is a book by Sidney and Beatrice Webb.... (1894) with wife Beatrice WebbBeatrice Webb This article is about the socialist politician.... . In H.G. Wells's The New Machiavelli (1911), the Webbs, as 'the Baileys', are unmercifully lampooned as short-sighted, bourgeois manipulators. The Fabian Society, of which Wells was briefly a member (1903-08), fares no better in his estimation. One of the LSELSE LSE is an initialism for:London School of Economics and Political Science... student residences, on Great Dover StreetGreat dover street Great Dover Street* is a road in the borough of Southwark in London, England.... in LondonLondon London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom.... , is named Sidney Webb House, in his honour. Archives Sidney Webb's papers are among the Passfield archive at the For a small online exhibition featuring some of these papers see Bibliography Works by Sidney Webb Facts for Socialists (1887) Problems of Modern Industry (1898) Grants in Aid: A Criticism and a Proposal (1911) Seasonal Trades, with A. Freeman (1912) The Restoration of Trade Union Conditions (1916) Works by Sidney and Beatrice Webb History of Trade UnionismHistory of Trade Unionism *History of Trade Unionism* is a book by Sidney and Beatrice Webb.... (1894) Industrial Democracy (1897) English Local Government Vol. I-X (1906 through 1929) The Manor and the Borough (1908) The Break-Up of the Poor Law (1909) English Poor-Law Policy (1910) The Cooperative Movement (1914) Works Manager Today (1917) The Consumer's Cooperative Movement (1921) Decay of Capitalist Civilization (1923) Methods of Social Study (1932) Soviet Communism: A new civilization? (1935) The Truth About Soviet Russia (1942) External links