Wilfred Wellock
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Life
Early life
Wellock was born to a factory worker in the Lancashire town of Nelson in 1879.[2]
Politics
He was imprisoned as a conscientious objector in the First World War.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stourbridge at a by-election in February 1927, having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1923 and 1924. He was re-elected in 1929, but at the 1931 general election he was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate. Wellock stood again at the 1935 election, but did not regain his seat.[3]
Wellock was an active member of both the No More War Movement[4] and the Peace Pledge Union.[5] He was a prolific pamphleteer. Wellock was a vegetarian.[6]
Death and legacy
Wellock died in Heath Charnock, Lancashire in 1972.[7]
Wellock's work was admired by Aldous Huxley, who stated in his book Science, Liberty and Peace that Wellock and Ralph Borsodi's work constituted a "tiny piece of decentralist leaven" within the "whole large lump of contemporary society".[8]
Publications
- Wellock, Wilfred (1917). A Modern Idealist. [A novel.] (London : C. W. Daniel)
- Wellock, Wilfred (1921). Christian Communism, etc. (pp. 43. National Labour Press: Manchester)
- Wellock, Wilfred (1922). India's Awakening: Its National and World-Wide Significance. (pp. 69. Labour Publishing Co.: London)
- Wellock, Wilfred (1938). Destruction or Construction-Which? An open letter to members of the Labour Party, (pp. 11. Peace Pledge Union: London])
- Wellock, Wilfred (1943). A Mechanistic or a Human Society?. (pp. 32. Wilfred Wellock: Quinton)
- Wellock, Wilfred (1950). Gandhi as a social revolutionary (Birmingham : W. Wellock)
- Wellock, Wilfred (1951). The Challenge of our Times. Annihilation or creative revolution? (pp. 15. London)
- Wellock, Wilfred (1955). Not by Bread alone. A study of America's expanding economy. [(pp. 16. Housmans: London)
- Wellock, Wilfred (1961). Off the beaten track : adventures in the art of living.
- Wellock, Wilfred (c. 1961). The crisis in our civilisation : reorganisation by industry a key to world peace, (London : Society for Democratic Integration in Industry)
- Wellock, Wilfred. Youth and adventure: on which side shall I enlist?
- Wellock, Wilfred. Power or peace western industrialism and world leadership
- Wellock, Wilfred. Rebuilding Britain. A new peace orientation. (pp. 47. Hallmark Books: London)
References
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- ↑ Graham, John W. (1922). Conscription and Conscience: A History, 1916-1919. London: G. Allen & Unwin. p. 96
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Further reading
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