Sir Frank Walter Goldstone was a British teacher, trade unionist and politician.
Background
Goldstone was born in Bishopwearmouth, County Durham (now Sunderland) on 7 December 1870. The third son of a stained-glass artist, he attended Borough Road Traininge College, Isleworth after completing education at Diamond Hall in Millfield.
Career
From 1891 to 1910, Goldstone was an assistant master at Bow Street school in Sheffield. They had two children, Elsie (born 1897) and Frank (born 1899). In 1910, he stepped up his participation in the National Union of Teachers, serving as Organization Secretary (1910–1918), Assistant Secretary (1918–1924) and finally General Secretary (1924–1931).
After winning the seat, he was appointed Labour Chief Whip in 1914.
He lost his seat at the 1918 election. Goldstone was knighted by George V at Buckingham Palace on 29 June 1931, the same year he retired as General Secretary of National Union of Teachers. Subsequently, he served three years as principal of a tutorial college.
Membership
30th United Kingdom Parliament]
A member of the National Union of Teachers (National Union of Teachers), he became president of the subgroup National Federation of Class Teachers in 1902, a member of the Executive Committee of the National Union of Teachers in 1902 and Chair of its Law Committee in 1904. Shortly before the December 1910 election, Goldstone was chosen as the Labour candidate for Sunderland, as a late replacement for R. J. Wilson (a member of the Company-operative Society).