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Ellis Simon Hillman (17 November 1928 – 21 January 1996) was a British Labour politician, former Mayor of the London borough of Barnet and lecturer. Hillman was born into a political family, related both to American labour leader Sidney Hillman and Chaim Herzog, sixth president of Israel.〔Richardson, A. "Ellis Hillman (1928-1996)" in ''Revolutionary History'' Vol. 6 no 2/3 pg.252〕 He was recruited to the Revolutionary Communist Party by Annie Roy in 1946 and joined its Kilburn branch.〔Hillman, E. "Ellis Hillman and the Fourth International" in ''Revolutionary History'' Vol. 6 no 2/3 pg.188〕 During this period he wrote to Natalia Sedova, Leon Trotsky's widow about questions relating to the Soviet Union and the history of the Left Opposition.〔Hillman, E. "Ellis Hillman and the Fourth International" in ''Revolutionary History'' Vol. 6 no 2/3 pg.189-90〕 He became a critical member of the Socialist Review Group where he produced a document ''The Nature of the Stalinist Parties'' which was rejected by the group and replied to by Duncan Hallas〔Higgins, J. "Cliff Hanger: Ellis Hillman and the Socialist Review Group" in ''Revolutionary History'' Vol. 6 no 2/3 pg.254 (Hallas' document 'The Stalinist Parties' )〕 This followed by a further document ''On Organic Unity'' where he advocated the group fuse with that of Ted Grant which led to his expulsion.〔Higgins, J. "Cliff Hanger: Ellis Hillman and the Socialist Review Group" in ''Revolutionary History'' Vol. 6 no 2/3 pg.254〕〔Birchall, I. ''Tony Cliff: A Marxist for His Time'' Bookmarks: London pg.143-44〕 Hillman then joined Gerry Healy's Club however he became a secret sympathiser of the Revolutionary Socialist League.〔 Hillman went on to become the RSL's treasurer〔Crick, M. (1986) ''The March of Militant'' Faber and Faber: London pg.47〕 and a founder member of the Militant editorial board.〔Taaffe, P. (1995) ''The Rise of Militant'' Fortress: London pg.8〕〔 In 1961, whilst a member of the RSL, Hillman wrote a guide for members who were elected to councils ''Notes on Council Work''.〔 Hillman was also elected to the London County Council in 1958 and kept his seat when it became the Greater London Council until 1981 where he chaired the Arts and Recreation Committee.〔Richardson, A. "Ellis Hillman (1928-1996)" in ''Revolutionary History'' Vol. 6 no 2/3 pg.252-3〕 Hillman was elected to Barnet council in 1986 and when in 1994 it fell to a Lib-Lab alliance he was elected Mayor.〔Harrington, I "Obituary: Ellis Hillman" ''Independent'' 24 January 1996〕 His first act was to remove a bust of Margaret Thatcher from Barnet Town Hall.〔Richardson, A. "Ellis Hillman (1928-1996)" in ''Revolutionary History'' Vol. 6 no 2/3 pg.253〕〔 He was the co-author in 1985, with journalist Richard Trench, of ''London Under London'', one of the first books to describe in detail the variety of hidden rivers, tunnels, bunkers, crypts and cellars under Britain's capital city. He was also the founder and first president of the Lewis Carroll Society in 1969. Hillman, who lived in Hendon, died at the London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green in January 1996 whilst undergoing heart bypass surgery.〔 ==External links== * (Obituary in the ''Independent'' ) * (Obituary in ''Revolutionary History'' ) 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「Ellis Hillman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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