Career
In 1902 he was on the SDF Executive Committee and was delegate for West Ham Central during the 1902 SDF Conference. He was not originally an impossibilist but came over after the 24 April meeting, revealing the manoeuvrings of Hyndman clique. Kent was working as a clerk at Whitbreads brewery when he helped found the Socialist Party of Great Britain in June 1904.
Kent resigned on 30 March 1908, probably as he did not want politics to prejudice his career advancement.
He became a local councillor in 1912, going on to become mayor of Acton in 1922–1923 and a Middlesex county councillor. He died in 1946.
