蘭德爾·克里默

威廉·蘭德爾·克里默爵士（Sir William Randal Cremer，1828年3月18日—1908年7月22日），英國政治家，社會活動家，曾任英國下議院議員、國際工人聯合會（即第一國際）書記，1903年獲諾貝爾和平獎。

Sir 蘭德爾·克里默
Member of Parliament for Haggerston
任期 24 October 1900—22 July 1908
前任	John Lowles
繼任	Rupert Guinness
任期 18 December 1885—13 July 1895
繼任	John Lowles
個人資料
出生	18 March 1828 Fareham, Hampshire, England
逝世	22 July 1908 London, England
政黨	Liberal
獲獎	Nobel Peace Prize Knight of the Order of St. Olav Chevalier of the Legion of Honour Knight Bachelor

官銜
前任： New position	General Secretary of the International Workingmen's Association 1864–1866	繼任： Peter Fox
前任： Peter Fox	General Secretary of the International Workingmen's Association 1866–1867	繼任： Johann Eccarius
大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯合王國國會
新選區	Member of Parliament for Haggerston 1885–1895	繼任者： John Lowles
前任： John Lowles	Member of Parliament for Haggerston 1900–1908	繼任： Rupert Guinness, Viscount Elveden

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Sir William Randal Cremer (18 March 1828 – 22 July 1908) usually known by his middle name "Randal", was an English Liberal Member of Parliament, a pacifist, and a leading advocate for international arbitration. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1903 for his work with the international arbitration movement.^[1]

Early life

Cremer was born to a working-class family in the southern English town of Fareham. His father was a coachman, who abandoned the family soon after Randal Cremer was born. His mother raised him along with his two sisters, ensuring he received an education at a local Methodist school. He augmented his knowledge by attending free lectures, was apprenticed as a builder, and became a skilled carpenter.^[2]

Moving to London 1852, Cremer became active as a union organiser, swiftly becoming a recognized labour leader. Cremer was elected as the Secretary of the International Workingmen's Association in 1865, but resigned two years later in 1867, when the organization decided to make women eligible for membership. Being strongly opposed to women's suffrage,^[3] this might have contributed to make him feel the organization was becoming too radical . While heavily involved in campaigning for progressive causes, and respected by Marx, Cremer did not agree with a worker led revolution.^[4]

Role in the international arbitration movement

From as early as his first unsuccessful run for Parliament in 1868, Cremer had advocated the expansion of international arbitration as peaceful alternative to war for the resolution of disputes.^[4]

He was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Haggerston in the Shoreditch district of Hackney from 1885 to 1895, and then from 1900 until his death from pneumonia in 1908.

Using his platform as an MP, Cremer cultivated allies on both continental Europe and across the Atlantic, including Frédéric Passy, William Jennings Bryan and Andrew Carnegie. Using his network of contacts and his talent for organisation, Cremer did much to create and expand institutions for international arbitration, which during his lifetime were successful in peacefully resolving numerous international disputes. This work includes co-founding the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the International Arbitration League; gaining acceptance for the 1897 Olney–Pauncefote Treaty between the United States and Britain that would have required arbitration of major disputes as the Essequibo territory (the treaty was rejected by the US Senate and never went into effect); and preparing the ground for the Hague peace conferences of 1899 and 1907.^[4]

In recognition of his work in the arbitration movement, Cremer won the Nobel Peace Prize, the first to do so solo, in 1903.^[5] Of the £8,000 award he donated £7,000 as an endowment for the International Arbitration League.^[6]

He also was named a Chevalier of the French Légion d'honneur,^[7] won the Norwegian Knighthood of Saint Olaf and was knighted in 1907.

Randal Cremer Primary School, in Haggerston,^[8] is named in his honour.

Death

Cremer died on 22 July 1908, leaving an estate of £2,241 (£1,803 net).^[6]

參見

• List of peace activists

注釋

1. The Nobel Peace Prize 1903 Randal Cremer. nobelprize.org. [2022-08-05]. （原始內容存檔於2017-12-22）.
2.  Lee, Sidney (編). Cremer, William Randal. Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement​ 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1912.
3. Views of Anti-Suffrage MP William Cremer, The Times, April 1906
4. Mark Mazower. Chpt 3: The empire of Law. Governing the world. Allen Lane. 2012. ISBN 9780-7-1399683-8.
5. Winners. The Nobel Peace Prize. [2021-02-11]. （原始內容存檔於2021-08-03） （英國英語）.
6. Sir W. Cremer's Will. The Cardiff Times (David Duncan and William Ward). 1908-10-24. hdl:10107/3434413.
7. Among the world's peacemakers: an epitome of the Interparliamentary Union edited by Hayne Davis, 1908
8. Randal Cremer Primary School. Hackney Borough Council. [2009-08-24]. （原始內容存檔於2018-09-08）.

參考資料

• 諾貝爾獎官方網站上的蘭德爾·克里默 including the Nobel Lecture, January 15, 1905 The Progress and Advantages of International Arbitration
• About Sir Randal Cremer （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） on www.nobel-winners.com
• The Hugh & Helene Schonfield World Service Trust （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
• Link to article about Cremer by Simon Hall-Raleigh in Journal of Liberal History, Issue 9, December 1995
• Evans, H.: Sir Randal Cremer: his life and work. T. Fisher Unwin, 1909.

外部連結

• Hansard 1803–2005: Randal Cremer在國會中的貢獻

威廉·蘭德爾·克雷默 William Randal Cremer 爵士
個人資料
逝世	倫敦