Background
WHITEHOUSE, John Howard was born in 1875.
WHITEHOUSE, John Howard was born in 1875.
Studied at Mason College and, Midland Institute. Organised social schemes for Cadbury Brothers, 1894- 1903.
Founded the Ruskin Society of Birmingham,1897. Conveyed national address to Ruskin on his SOth birthday, 1899. Honourable Secretary to Ruskin Memorial, 1902.
Head of Bournville Boys’ Club, 1900-1903. First Secretary to the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, 1903-1904. Secretary of Toynbee Hall, London, 1905-1908.
Head of Wilmington Boys’ Club, 1907. Founded Secondary Schoolboys’ Camp and Summer School, 1907. Founded National League of Workers with Boys, 1906.
Sub-Warden, St. George’s School, Harpenden, 1908. Warden, Manchester University Settlement, 1909-1910. Member of Home Office Departmental Committee on Employment of Children Act, 1909.
Manager of East London Schools, 1906-1908. Editor, Toynbee Record, 1906-1908. Honourable Lecturer in Civics to the Manchester Grammar School, 1909. Member of Parliament (Liberal) Mid-Lanark since 1910; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, since 1910; Editor, Saint George, since 1898; Warden, Secondary Schoolboys’ Camp since 1907.
Liberal.