George Chester

Sir George Chester CBE (16 January 1886 – 21 April 1949) was a British trade unionist.

Born in Loddington in Northamptonshire, Chester worked making boots from the age of thirteen.

[1][2] He joined the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives the following year,[1] and from 1915 was assistant secretary of his branch.

Acknowledged as an expert on economic and educational matters, in 1942 he presented the TUC's "Education after the War" policy document, and he chaired the TUC's economic committee for several years.

[2] Chester was made a knight bachelor in 1948, but died suddenly, early the following year.