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James Keir Hardie lived from 15 August 1856 to 26 September 1915. He rose from extremely humble origins to become one of Britain's most well regarded politicians, and the first leader of the Labour Party.
The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Keir Hardie was born in Newhouse, North Lanarkshire, in 1856. He was the illegitimate son of Mary Keir, a servant.
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She later married David Hardie, a carpenter, and the family moved to Glasgow. Keir Hardie never attended school, growing up in great poverty, and from the age of 8 working as a baker's delivery boy: at the time he was the family's only wage-earner.
He was fired from his job for turning up late, the fact that he had sat up the previous night tending his dying brother was not seen as an adequate excuse.
The family moved back to Lanarkshire, where at the ag