Researching Les Cannon
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5422 people with the Cannon surname? In that year Cannon was ranked number 787 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Les means "Form of LESTER. From Leicester" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Les Cannon on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Les Cannon and the Cannon Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 8695 people with the Cannon surname in the UK? Cannon is now ranked number 678 for popularity in the UK. |
Cannon Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Les Cannon
Les Cannon
Sir Leslie Cannon CBE (21 February 1920 – 9 December 1970) was a prominent British trade union official and served as General President of the Electrical Trades Union from 1963 to 1970. He was born in Wigan, the son of a coal miner, and became a Communist activist, and trade union leader; member of Electrical Trades Union Executive Council, North Lancashire and Merseyside, 1948 - 1954. He left the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1956. In 1961 he uncovered an ETU ballot rigging scandal, and successfully sued the union. Cannon became president of the ETU in September 1963, a post left vacant by disgraced former president Frank Foulkes.
In his time as leader of the ETU, he took part in a merger with the plumbers' union to create the EETPU.
Cannon died from cancer, aged 50.
Source: Les Cannon, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cannon
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