John Clifford (1836-1923) British Baptist Minister and 1902 Education Act

John was a British Baptist Nonconformist minister and politician who became famous as the advocate of passive resistance to the Education Act of 1902.

In 1858 he was called to the Praed Street chapel in Paddington, London.
Whilst there he went to the university of London gaining 4 degrees (BA, BS, MA and BL 1859-66)

At the Praed Street chapel he gradually obtained a large following and in 1877 Westbourne Park was opened. He became a preacher , writer, propagandist and an ardent Liberal politician, he became a power in the Nonconformist body

He held a number of important Nonconformist roles
1879 president of the London Baptist Association
1888 & 1899 president of the Baptist
1898 president of the National Council of Evangelical Churches

1899 became a prominent campaigner against the Boer War
president of the Stop the War Committee.
1902 Education Act. John was the chief leader of the passive resistant movement.
1906 January - had a share in the defeat of the Unionist Government Efforts now directed to getting a new act which should be
nondenominational.

In 1883 rewarded an honorary DD by Bates College, USA, and then known as Dr Clifford