1853-1934 GB
Joseph Burgess (1853–1934) was a British journalist and Labour politician.He was born on 3 July 1853 in Failsworth, Lancashire, the third of six children of handloom weavers, and educated at a print works school in Failsworth. He started work in a card-cutting room at the age of six and worked as a cotton operative until he was 28. He married three times, having six children and died January 1934.