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[[File:Lord Calverley 1947.jpg|thumb|Calverley in 1947]]
'''George Muff, 1st Baron Calverley''' (10 February 1877 – 20 September 1955) was a British [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] then [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician.

== Childhood ==
Muff was the son of George Muff, a miner of [[Bradford]], Yorkshire, and his wife Sarah Jane (née Hodgson), and initially worked as a textile worker.

Speaking in 1948, Muff described how as a child he narrowly avoided being sent to the [[workhouse]] and shipped off to Australia as a result of his family's poverty. In the event, for part of his childhood Muff was raised by his neighbours.<ref>Hansard, Vol 153, col 963, 10 February 1948</ref>

== Political career ==
At the 1918 General election he stood as Liberal Party candidate for [[Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford South]], finishing third. He left the Liberals and joined the Labour Party. In 1921 and 1922 he was an unsuccessful Labour candidate in the [[Bradford Borough Council]] elections. In 1926 he was elected to Bradford Council, representing [[Manningham, Bradford|Manningham]] ward. In 1929 he was elected to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] for [[Kingston upon Hull East (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston upon Hull East]], a seat he held until 1931 and again from 1935 to 1945. He was also a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] and a [[Justice of the Peace]] for the area. On 17 November 1945 he was raised to the peerage as '''Baron Calverley''', ''of the [[City of Bradford]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding of the County of York]]''.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37359 |date=20 November 1945 |page=5662}}</ref>

== Family ==
Lord Calverley married Ellen Eliza, daughter of Charles William Orford, in 1909. He died in September 1955, aged 78, and was succeeded in the barony by his son George. Lady Calverley died in 1965.

==Arms==
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|image = [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|centre|150px]] [[File:Calverley Escutcheon.png|centre|200px]]
|escutcheon = Azure within two barrulets wavy Argent between in chief a rose of the second barbed and seeded Proper and in base a fleece Or three ducal coronets of the last.
|crest = In front of two miners' picks in saltire a miner’s safety lamp all Proper.
|supporters = On either side a calf Proper.
|motto = [[Labor Omnia Vincit]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Burke's Peerage |date=1949}}</ref>}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* {{Rayment|date=February 2012}}

== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-george-muff | George Muff }}

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 | before = [[Lawrence Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough|Lawrence Roger Lumley]]
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 | title  = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Kingston upon Hull East (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston upon Hull East]]
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