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Edward William MacAlpine (1890–1959)

Edward William MacAlpine

Edward William MacAlpine, communist activist and newspaperman, was born on 7 June 1890 at 53 Canal St, Newry, County Armagh, Ireland, the son of James McAlpin, railway ticket clerk, and his wife Julia (née Hill). Julia had been a teacher before her marriage and the 1901 Irish census shows the McAlpine family sharing their home with Julia’s sister Margretta Hill, a music teacher, and brother Edward George Hill, a law clerk. Both the Hills and McAlpines were adherents of the Church of Ireland.  Another...

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