David Blythe Foster
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David Blythe Foster
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David Blythe Foster was a British politician who served as Lord Mayor of Leeds. Foster was born at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. A keen Methodist, he was a lay preacher, and volunteered with the Leeds Central Mission. His experiences there led him to write a book, Leeds Slumdom. He ran a dressmakers' warehouse, and from 1893 limited working hours to 48 per week, and paid what he considered to be a living wage. In 1891, Foster was elected as a Liberal Party member of the Holbeck Board of Guardians, but
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British politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Blythe_Foster
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2018-11-07T11:11:32Z
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2024-09-01T21:09:59Z
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