page_title: William Inskip
hierarchical_section_title: William Inskip
caption_attribution_description: English: William Inskip, General Secretary of the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives and Treasurer of the Trades Union Congress, while attending the 1895 congress.
context_page_description: William John Inskip was an English trade unionist.
  Inskip grew up in Leicester, where he worked as a laster in the bootmaking trade. He became active in the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, of which he was elected treasurer in 1880, then general secretary in 1886.
  In 1891, Inskip was elected to Leicester Town Council as a Liberal-Labour representative, and he was also appointed as a magistrate. However, he became increasingly politically isolated, as other leading figures in the union shifted to supporting independent labour representation.
  Inskip was also active in the Trades Union Congress, serving on its Parliamentary Committee, and also as its treasurer. In 1898, he travelled to the United States as part of a TUC delegation, but on his return, he contracted tuberculosis, and he died in 1899, aged 47.
context_section_description: William John Inskip (1852 – May 1899) was an English trade unionist.
  Inskip grew up in Leicester, where he worked as a laster in the bootmaking trade.  He became active in the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives (NUBSO), of which he was elected treasurer in 1880, then general secretary in 1886.
  In 1891, Inskip was elected to Leicester Town Council as a Liberal-Labour representative, and he was also appointed as a magistrate.  However, he became increasingly politically isolated, as other leading figures in the union shifted to supporting independent labour representation.
  Inskip was also active in the Trades Union Congress (TUC), serving on its Parliamentary Committee, and also as its treasurer.  In 1898, he travelled to the United States as part of a TUC delegation, but on his return, he contracted tuberculosis, and he died in 1899, aged 47.
caption: Inskip in 1895
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