George Boulton Mainwaring George Boulton Mainwaring George Boulton Mainwaring was a Tory MP for Middlesex, a position that had also been held by his father William Mainwaring. Mainwaring is thought to have been born in 1773. He was the son of William Mainwaring. In the 1802 general election, William was opposed by the radical Francis Burdett. William had previously resisted Burdett's calls for an inquiry into Prison abuses, particularly at Coldbath Fields Prison. William was defeated by Burdett but the election was declared void in 1804 and, in the following contest, George was elected. The result was reversed in favour of Burdett in
Sam Mainwaring March 1904, Mainwaring published two issues of a short-lived newspaper called "The General Strike," a publication which made detailed criticisms of the "officialism" of union bureaucracy and which publicised strikes in Europe making use of syndicalist tactics. In his later years, Mainwaring lived in London. On Sunday, 29 September 1907, while addressing a meeting on Parliament Hill Fields, Mainwaring was stricken by faintness and subsequently died. He was 55 years old at the time of his death. Mainwaring is credited with coining the phrase "anarcho-syndicalism" and it is for this he is best remembered. Mainwaring was cited as a major