biography
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Mond, Alfred Moritz, Baron Melchett
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| lived:
| (1868–1930)
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| biography:
| Industrialist and statesman, born in Farnsworth, Cheshire, NWC England, UK, the son of Ludwig Mond. After some years in industry and as chairman of the Mond Nickel Co, he became a Liberal MP (1906–28), the first commissioner of works (1916–21) and minister of health (1922). In 1926 he helped to form ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd), of which he became chairman. A powerful advocate of industrial co-operation, in 1927 he instituted the Mond–Turner conference with the Trades Union Council, which suggested the formation of a national industrial council. |
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