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evidence: Frederick James Dean -LRB- 5 November 1868 -- 24 April 1941 -RRB- was a British trade union leader .. British. British people. trade union. trade union. Born in Walsall , Dean 's father was Benjamin Dean , a coal miner who later became leader of the Pelsall District Miners ' Association .. Walsall. Walsall. Benjamin Dean. Benjamin Dean ( trade unionist ). Frederick was educated at the Butts School before completing an apprenticeship making horse collars , then moved to Manchester to work .. Manchester. Manchester. In about 1900 , Dean returned to Walsall to take over the tobacconist shop which his father had been running as a sideline .. Walsall. Walsall. He also assisted his father in running the Pelsall Miners and , in 1910 , when his father died , Frederick easily won a vote to succeed him .. He led the union through two major industrial actions , in 1912 and 1921 ; its financially strong position enabling it to support its members .. Dean was long a Liberal-Labour supporter , serving on Rushall Parish Council and the Walsall Board of Guardians and standing for Walsall Town Council .. Walsall. Walsall. Liberal-Labour. Liberal-Labour ( UK ). Board of Guardians. Board of Guardians. However , in 1916 he belatedly followed the majority of coal miners in switching his allegiance to the Labour Party .. Labour Party. Labour Party ( UK ). In 1922 , he was elected to the executive of the Miners ' Federation of Great Britain , but he resigned all his trade union posts the following year , due to poor health .. trade union. trade union. He stood down from the Board of Guardians in 1924 , and suffered a series of strokes .. Board of Guardians. Board of Guardians. Over the next few years , he ran a new tobacconist business and served as a magistrate but , by the mid-1930s , he was confined to bed , ultimately dying in 1941 .. magistrate. magistrate