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Charles Edward Leatherland, Baron Leatherland OBE MSM DL (18 April 1898 – 18 December 1992) was a British journalist and Labour Party politician. ==Early life== Charles Edward Leatherland was born in Aston, Birmingham on 18 April 1898. He was the eldest son of John Edward Leatherland, an Army bandmaster. His mother Elizabeth Leatherland (née Abbis), a blacksmith's daughter, died when he was 9 years old. He attended Harborne School, Birmingham and left school at the age of 14.〔http://charlesleatherland.info/4.html〕 In 1914 at the start of the First World War he joined the 16th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. In 1916 he was transferred to Xth Corps headquarters where he remained for the rest of the war. He became an Acting Sergeant Major and served in France, Belgium and Germany.〔http://independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lord-leatherland-1564837.html〕 He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. In 1919 he returned to Birmingham and worked for Birmingham Corporation. He was a founder member and Midlands Organiser of the National Union of Ex-Service Men.〔http://charlesleatherland.info/13.html〕〔The National Union of Ex-Servicemen and the Labour Movement, 1918–1920. David Englander. History journal. December 2007〕〔Socialism in Birmingham and the Black Country 1850–1939. George J. Barnsby. 1977〕 In 1921 he moved to Macclesfield and became Chief Reporter and Sub-Editor on a local newspaper, the Macclesfield Courier.〔http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1977/may/16/administration-of-justice-bill-hl-1〕 In 1923 and 1924 he won gold medals in an international essay writing competition organised by the London Chamber of Commerce.〔http://charlesleatherland.info/6.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Leatherland, Baron Leatherland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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