Albert Inkpin

Comrade Albert Inkpin
1st General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain
In office 31 July 1920 – July 1928
Chair	Arthur MacManus
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	J. R. Campbell
Personal details
Born	Albert Samuel Inkpin 16 June 1884 Haggerston, London, United Kingdom
Died	29 March 1944(1944-03-29) (aged 59)
Cause of death	Cancer
Spouse	Julia Raven ​ (m. 1910)​
Children	3
Education	St Paul’s School, Hackney

Albert Samuel Inkpin, (also written Inkpen)^[1] (16 June 1884 – 29 March 1944) was a British communist and the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). He served several terms in prison for political offences. In 1929 he was replaced as head of the CPGB and made head of the party's Friends of Soviet Russia organisation, a position he retained until his death.