Career
He was elected in 1929, defeated in 1931, and re-elected in 1935, until his death in 1937. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the then Labour leader of the opposition, Clement Attlee. In 1936, he was responsible for the introduction of the Annual Holiday Bill, which regulated holiday pay for workers.
Rowson became a coal miner at age 12.
In 1923, he became a Miners" Agent in the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners" Federation. Where he was defeated, but elected in 1919, where he served until 1925.
In his memoires, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee wrote:
"I appointed a Lancashire miner, Guy Rowson, as my Parliamentary Private Secretary, but his early death cut short a promising career.".