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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Sir Evan Spicer
Liberal and London Progressive politician who served for 30 years (1889 - 1919) on the LCC.
1 memorial
Georges Levillain
In 1961 Mayor of Clichy, France, and Vice-President of the General Council of the Seine.
1 memorial
Sir Robert Wroth
Lord of the Manor of Hamstede in the last quarter of the 16th Century.
1 memorial
Women's suffrage
Throughout history women have generally not been allowed to vote, with, by the 19th century, a few exceptions based on the woman's marital status or her property ownership, and then only in some el...
1 memorial
John Oakes
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
1 memorial
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