Frederick James Hancock (1 October 1873 – 9 August 1963) was a British trade union leader.
He attended the Butt Lane National School and spent some time studying at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania.
[2] Hancock began working as a coal miner in Staffordshire at age 14,[1] and became active in the North Staffordshire Miners' Association, serving as its financial secretary from 1914.
[2] This role brought him greater prominence in the movement, and in 1926 and 1927 he served on the executive of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain.
[3] In the early 1930s, Samuel Finney, the general secretary of the North Staffordshire Miners, retired, and Hancock won the election to succeed him.