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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J. J. Fleming
Member of the Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall.
1 memorial
quatercentenary of the City of Westminster
Four-hundredth anniversary.
2 memorials
John Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath
Born St James's. Succeeded his father as Marquess, aged six. Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery and of the British Museum.
1 memorial
Councillor Frances Taylor
Chairman of Environmental Protection and Amenities Committee of Kensington and Chelsea in 1992.
1 memorial
Hornsey District Council
1894 Hornsey became an urban district and in 1903 a municipal borough. In 1965 Hornsey's area was combined with Tottenham and Wood Green to form the present-day London Borough of Haringey.
4 memorials
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