Person    | Male  Born 16/11/1811  Died 27/3/1889

John Bright

Politician. Worked closely with Richard Cobden in the campaign for the repeal of the Corn Laws. As a Quaker he was opposed to inequalities between individuals and groups; as a member of a mill-owning family he was opposed to trade unions and social reform which affected factories. MP for Durham and then Birmingham. Died at the home he had built 50 years before, in Rochdale.

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John Bright

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Anti-Corn Law League

On this site in the years 1844-1846 were situated the London offices of the A...

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W. H. Fowler

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