James Smithies

James Smithies
James Smithies
Born	Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Baptised	14 November 1819
Died	27 May 1869; Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Occupations	Wool stapler; Co-operator;
Movement	Co-operative; Owenism;
Spouse	Penelope Holmes (m. 1843)
Children	7+

James Smithies (bapt. 14 November 1819 – 27 May 1869) was an English co-operative movement organiser, wool-stapler, and local politician. In 1844 he was a founding member of the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers. In March 1857, David Urquhart's Rochdale Foreign Affairs Committee appointed Smithies as its chairman. It was this connection which led in July 1859 to his being elected secretary of the new Rochdale Subscription Turkish Bath Society, and the opening on 14 November 1859 of the first Victorian Turkish bath to be co-operatively owned by its members.

References

↑ "Smithies, James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/72006. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
↑ Bing, H. F. (1972). Bellamy, Joyce M.; Saville, John (eds.). Dictionary of Labour Biography, Volume I. Internet Archive. London: Macmillan. pp. 302–303. ISBN 978-0-333-42757-6.
↑ "Rochdale". Free Press: 262. 25 March 1857.
↑ "Turkish Bath". Rochdale Observer: 1. 12 March 1859.
↑ "Rochdale Subscription Turkish Bath". Rochdale Observer: 2. 12 November 1859.

[1] "Smithies, James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/72006. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

[2] Bing, H. F. (1972). Bellamy, Joyce M.; Saville, John (eds.). Dictionary of Labour Biography, Volume I. Internet Archive. London: Macmillan. pp. 302–303. ISBN 978-0-333-42757-6.

[3] "Rochdale". Free Press: 262. 25 March 1857.

[4] "Turkish Bath". Rochdale Observer: 1. 12 March 1859.

[5] "Rochdale Subscription Turkish Bath". Rochdale Observer: 2. 12 November 1859.