Executive of the Fabian Society

1884 to 1890 executive

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Year Member Member Member Member Member Member Member
1884 Hubert Bland Frederick Keddell Frank Podmore Three members in 1884
1885 Charlotte M. Wilson Edward R. Pease George Bernard Shaw Five members in 1885
1886 Annie Besant Frank Podmore Sydney Webb
1887 Sydney Olivier W. L. Phillips
1888 William Clarke Graham Wallas
1889

1890 to 1907 executive

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The executive was expanded to fifteen members in 1890.

Year Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member
1890 Annie Besant Hubert Bland William Clarke Robert Dell Mary Grover Stewart Headlam Alice Hoatson L. T. Mallet W. S. de Mattos Joseph Oakeshott Sydney Olivier Edward R. Pease George Bernard Shaw Graham Wallas Sidney Webb
1891 Bellerby Lowerison H. W. Massingham Isabel Sandham
1892 Robert Banner Noel Griffith Fred Hammill Henry Halliday Sparling
1893 Emma Brooke Mary Cameron George Standring W. H. Utley Ernest Edwin Williams
1894 Harriot Stanton Blatch Edward Garnett Ramsay Macdonald John William Martin
1895 Percy Dearmer H. B. Holding H. W. Macrosty Honnor Morten
1896 Tom Mann Isabel Priestley
1897 May Morris Frederick Whelen
1898 Wherry Anderson Mary O'Brien Harris Charlotte Shaw
1899 Charles Charrington J. Frederick Green
1900 F. Lawson Dodd Samuel George Hobson Mary Macpherson
1901 F. W. Galton John Ernest Matthews
1902 Stewart Headlam Frederick Whelen Esther Wood
1903 Percy Alden H. T. Muggeridge
1904 Cecil Chesterton William Sanders
1905 George Robert Stirling Taylor

1907 to 1939 executive

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There was no election in 1906, as the society was being reorganised. In 1907, the first elections were held to a new twenty-one person committee.[1]

Year Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member
1907 Sidney Ball Harley Granville Barker Hubert Bland F. Lawson Dodd Robert Ensor Leslie Haden Guest Stewart Headlam Samuel George Hobson B. L. Hutchins Frederick Pethick-Lawrence Aylmer Maude Millicent Murby Edward R. Pease Maud Pember Reeves William Sanders Charlotte Shaw George Bernard Shaw George Standring George Robert Stirling Taylor Sidney Webb H. G. Wells
1908 Reginald John Campbell Leo Chiozza Money Ethel Snowden Catherine Wells
1909 Mabel Atkinson Ethel Bentham Clifford Sharp George Standring
1910 Henry Herman Schloesser
1911 Ruth Cavendish Bentinck Reginald Bray Emil Davies H. D. Harben Charlotte M. Wilson
1912 Clifford Allen Robert Ensor Charles Mostyn Lloyd Marion Phillips Harry Snell Beatrice Webb
1913 St John Greer Ervine Susan Lawrence
1914 G. D. H. Cole H. J. Gillespie Edith Morley J. C. Squire
1915 Letitia Fairfield Ellen Smith Julius West Emily Townshend
1916 G. P. Blizard James Middleton Elaine M. Salmond
1917 Samuel Kerkham Ratcliffe
1918 J. W. Shaw
1919 Clement Attlee Boyd Dawson Leslie Haden Guest Charles Mostyn Lloyd Leo Chiozza Money
1920 F. W. Galton Alban Gordon R. H. Tawney
1921 Barbara Drake Harold Laski J. H. Macrae-Gibson Sydney Olivier
1922 Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke Hubert Humphreys Samuel Kerkham Ratcliffe
1923 Anne Corner J. H. Macrae-Gibson
1924 Montague Fordham Basil Hall William A. Robson Thomas Williams
1925 Hubert Humphreys James Kerr
1926 Helen Keynes G. R. Blanco White
1927 G. T. Garratt Hubert Humphreys MacCallum Scott
1928 Herman Finer John Maynard
1929 Ambrose Appelbe
1930 Sarah Melville William Sanders
1931 G. D. H. Cole Kingsley Martin
1932
1933 John Bellerby Drummond Shiels
1934 F. W. Bacon John P. Barter William Bennett George Catlin Eric Fletcher John Ramage Ivor Owen Thomas
1935 Dudley Collard Hubert Humphreys W. J. Miller
1936 John P. Barter Hubert Beaumont Francis Meddings
1937 Herman Finer Donald M. Fraser Leslie Haden Guest Harry Samuels Margaret Yates
1938 Percy Arnold Molly Bolton Olive Cruchley Maurice Webb

1939 Executive

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In 1939, the New Fabian Research Research Bureau merged into the society. For a few months, the society had an enlarged executive:

Percy Arnold, F. W. Bacon, H. V. Berry, Molly Bolton, R. W. B. Clarke, Olive Cruchley, Barbara Drake, Herman Finer, Eric Fletcher, Hugh Franklin, Hugh Gaitskell, F. W. Galton, Harold R. G. Greaves, Leslie Haden Guest, Graeme Haldane, Hubert Humphreys, Susan Lawrence, John Hanbury Martin, Dick Mitchison, Frank Pakenham, Denis Pritt, John Ramage, William A. Robson, Maurice Webb, G. R. Blanco White, Geoffrey Wilson, Leonard Woolf.

Post-1939 executive

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From the May 1939 election, the committee consisted of fourteen elected members, and a variable number of co-opted members.

Elected members

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Year Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member
1939 G. D. H. Cole Margaret Cole Barbara Drake Evan Durbin Herman Finer Hugh Gaitskell Leslie Haden Guest Susan Lawrence Dick Mitchison Denis Pritt John Ramage William A. Robson G. R. Blanco White Leonard Woolf
1940 Arthur Creech Jones Richard Crossman Mary Sutherland Ellen Wilkinson Konni Zilliacus
1941 Victor Gollancz Jim Griffiths Frank Williams Barbara Wootton
1942 Harold Laski Mary Sutherland
1943 Noah Barou Evan Durbin Gavin Henderson
1944 Austen Albu
1945 Joan Clarke Raymond Postgate Arthur Skeffington
1946 Patrick Blackett Billy Hughes Ian Mikardo John Parker John Strachey Michael Young
1947 Douglas Jay Harold Laski Arthur Lewis Bosworth Monck
1948 Austen Albu Dorothy Archibald Margaret Room
Year Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member
1949 Austen Albu Dorothy Archibald Noah Barou Ritchie Calder G. D. H. Cole Margaret Cole Gavin Henderson Andrew Filson Jack Gray Billy Hughes John Parker Margaret Room Arthur Skeffington Margaret Stewart Mary Stewart Eirene White Michael Young
1950 Anthony Crosland Richard Crossman Arthur Creech Jones Ian Mikardo
1951 Thomas Balogh Douglas Houghton Roy Jenkins Harold Wilson
1952 Kenneth Younger
1953 Donald Chapman Gavin Henderson
1954 Denis Healey
1955 Arthur Blenkinsop Arthur Creech Jones
1956 Brian Abel-Smith Gerald Gardiner
1957 Thomas Balogh Tony Benn
1958 Gavin Henderson Peggy Jay Peter Townsend
1959 Shirley Williams
1960 Thomas Balogh Richard Crossman Bill Rodgers
1961 H. J. Boyden Robert Neild Reg Prentice George Thomson
1962 Stephen Hatch John Hughes Peter Shore Betty Vernon
1963 Jeremy Bray Gavin Henderson David Marquand Richard Marsh Dick Taverne John Vaizey
1964 H. J. Boyden Peter Hall Shirley Williams
1965 Arthur Blenkinsop Lisl Klein
1966 Gavin Henderson
1967 Colin Jackson Anthony Lester David Owen
1968 Thomas Balogh
1969 Nicholas Bosanquet Jeremy Bray Frank Judd Ben Whitaker
1970 Dick Crosman Colin Crouch Tony Benn
1971 Brian Abel-Smith Nicholas Kaldor Wayland Kennet Giles Radice
1972 Anne Lapping Dick Leonard Michael Meacher Sue Ward
1973 Isla Evans Phillip Whitehead
1974 Peter Archer Anthony Lester David Lipsey David Norman Maureen Ponsonby
1975 Stella Meldrum Maurice Peston
1976 Lisl Klein Brian Lapping Giles Radice
1977 Jenny Jeger David Lipsey Roderick MacFarquhar
1978 Tony Benn John Cartwright Michael Meacher Brian Sedgemore
1979 Tessa Blackstone Shirley Williams
Year Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member
1983 Brian Abel-Smith Peter Archer Tessa Blackstone Robin Cook Roy Hattersley Bryan Gould Jenny Jeger Joan Lestor Jenny Little Andrew McIntosh Stella Meldrum Austin Mitchell Giles Radice Peter Shore Peter Townsend
1984
1985 Brian Abel-Smith Tessa Blackstone Robin Cook Bryan Gould Jenny Jeger Joan Lestor Oona MacDonald Andrew McIntosh Ian Martin Austin Mitchell Giles Radice Lisanne Radice Peter Shore Peter Townsend Phillip Whitehead
1986 Dianne Hayter


Co-opted members

Year Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member Member
1939 Molly Bolton Arthur Creech Jones Richard Crossman Ernest Davies Hugh Franklin F. W. Galton Graeme Haldane Hubert Humphreys Mary Sutherland Maurice Webb
1940 Leslie Haden Guest Polly Hill Dick Mitchison Doris Spikes Fred Watkins
1941 Harold Laski John Ramage Mary Sutherland G. R. Blanco White Paul Yates
1942 Harold Clay Evan Durbin Gavin Henderson Ellis Smith Doreen Warriner
1943 Austen Albu Brian Barker Jack Diamond Allan Flanders Arthur Skeffington Ellen Wilkinson Harold Wilson
1944 Joan Thompson Leonard Woolf
1945 Arthur Creech Jones Jack Gray Frank Horrabin Christopher Mayhew Ian Mikardo John Parker Michael Stewart Mary Sutherland Michael Young
1946 Mark Abrams Jack Diamond Patrick Gordon-Walker Harold Laski Arthur Lewis Bosworth Monck Charles Smith
1947 James Callaghan Allan Flanders Lou Gossman Margaret Room Eirene White
1948 Ritchie Calder Anthony Crosland Mary Stewart
Year Member Member Member Member Member Member
1949 Anthony Crosland Leo Gossman Roy Jenkins James Johnson Arthur Creech Jones Leonard Woolf
1950 Douglas Houghton Margaret Millar Harold Wilson
1951 John Edwards Hugh Gaitskell T. E. M. McKitterick Kenneth Younger
1952 Gavin Henderson
1953 W. B. D. Brown Gerald Gardiner Margaret Millar
1954 Brian Abel-Smith Arthur Creech Jones R. W. Evely Philip Thurman
1955 Thomas Balogh
1956 Gavin Henderson Anne Jackson J. R. Sargent George Thomson
1957 Peggy Jay John Murray Peter Townsend
1958 James MacColl Robert Neild Peter Shore Shirley Williams
1959 Richard Crosman Reg Prentice Michael Shanks
1960 Hilary Chantler Dick Taverne
1961 Stephen Hatch John Hughes Betty Vernon Rex Winsbury
1962 Richard Bone Jeremy Bray John Greve Gavin Henderson John Vaizey Rex Winsbury
1963 H. J. Boyden Howard Glennerster Peter Hall Robert Neild
1964 Bernard Donoughue John Hughes Christopher Rowland Charles Smith David Steele Jack Sumner
1965 Gavin Henderson Robert McFarland Betty Vernon
1966 John Hughes Colin Jackson David Owen Giles Radice
1967 Colin Beever H. J. Boyden Richard Pryke Michael Shanks
1968 Nicholas Bosanquet Ben Whitaker Alan Lee Williams
1969 Colin Crouch Bruce Lloyd Alexander Lyon Reg Prentice
1970 Brian Abel-Smith Charles Delacourt-Smith David Keene Wayland Kennet Terry Pitt
1971 George Cunningham Anne Lapping Michael Meacher Sue Ward
1972 Isla Evans Christopher Foster Robert Maclennan Maurice Peston J. O. N. Vickers Philip Whitehead
1973 Peter Archer George Cunningham Guy Fiegehen Peter Greenall John Grieve-Smith David Lipsey
1974 Hugh Gray John Horam Brian Lapping Maurice Peston J. O. N. Vickers Ian Wilson
1975 John Chesshire Guy Fiegehen Bruce Lloyd
1976 John Cartwright Philip Greenall Toby Harris David Lipsey Roderick MacFarquhar Marjorie Tait
1977 David Blake John Cartwright Toby Harris Steve Hoier Michael Meacher Larry Whitty
1978 Min Birdsey Nick Butler Arthur Davidson David Dawson
Year Local Societies Member Local Societies Member Local Societies Member Local Societies Member Staff Member Young Fabians Member Member Member Member Member Member
1983 David Bleakley Tony Wright N/A N/A Pauline Bryan Paul Goulding David Blake Melvyn Bragg Simon Crine Howard Glennerster Larry Whitty
1984
1985 Earl Daniel David Bean Sylvia Peacock Anthony Wright Dave Robertson Andrew Cook Gavin Kitching Julian Le Grand John Lloyd Jenny Little
1986 Rory O'Kelly Brenda Grant Sarah Gilmore Alan Cave David Lipsey
  1. ^ Twenty-fourth annual report on the work of the Fabian Society. London: Fabian Society. 1907. p. 13.