Henry Mathison Pelling (27 August 1920 – 14 October 1997) was a British historian best known for his works on the history of the British Labour Party, including:
- The Origins of the Labour Party (1954) and
- A Short History of the Labour Party (1961) (later editions co-written with Alastair J. Reid)
He was also a pioneer of the serious study of twentieth-century electoral and party politics, and wrote such other works as:
- Modern Britain 1885-1955
- Social Geography of British Elections: 1885-1910
- Winston Churchill
- Britain and the Marshall Plan
- American Labor
- A History of British Trade Unionism, London, 1963
- America and the British left: from Bright to Bevan
- The British Communist Party: a historical profile
- The 1945 General Election Reconsidered
- Popular Politics and Society in Late Victorian Britain
- Britain and the Second World War
Pelling was educated at Birkenhead School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he gained firsts in part I of the Classical tripos and part II of the Historical tripos.[1] His collection of British left-wing political pamphlets is held at Senate House Library, while his papers are lodged with St John's College.
References
- ^ "PELLING, Henry Mathison". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)