J. R. Clynes

The Right Honourable J. R. Clynes
Home Secretary
In office 8 June 1929 – 26 August 1931
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	Sir William Joynson-Hicks
Succeeded by	Sir Herbert Samuel
Lord Privy Seal
In office 22 January 1924 – 6 November 1924
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	Robert Cecil
Succeeded by	James Gascoyne-Cecil
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office 21 November 1922 – 25 October 1932
Leader	Ramsay MacDonald Arthur Henderson
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Clement Attlee
Leader of the Labour Party
In office 14 February 1921 – 21 November 1922
Chief Whip	Arthur Henderson
Preceded by	William Adamson
Succeeded by	Ramsay MacDonald
Minister of Food Control
In office 18 July 1918 – 10 January 1919
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	David Alfred Thomas
Succeeded by	George Henry Roberts
Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Food Control
In office 2 July 1917 – 18 July 1918
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Charles Bathurst
Succeeded by	Waldorf Astor
Member of Parliament for Manchester Platting Manchester North East (1906–1918)
In office 14 November 1935 – 5 July 1945
Preceded by	Alan Chorlton
Succeeded by	Hugh Delargy
In office 8 February 1906 – 27 October 1931
Preceded by	James Fergusson
Succeeded by	Alan Chorlton
Personal details
Born	27 March 1869 Oldham, Lancashire, England
Died	23 October 1949(1949-10-23) (aged 80) London, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Mary Elizabeth Harper ​ ​ (m. 1893)​
Children	2
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John Robert Clynes (27 March 1869 – 23 October 1949)^[1] was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 35 years, and as Leader of the Labour Party (1921–1922), led the party in its breakthrough at the 1922 general election.

He was the first Englishman to serve as leader of the Labour Party.