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
Commemorated ati
Anti-Corn Law League
On this site in the years 1844-1846 were situated the London offices of the A...
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Councillor Mrs Elizabeth Russell
Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea 1987-8.
1 memorial
J. W. Sanders, FRCS
Corps Surgeon in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1890.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Frederick Purchese
Chairman of the Highways Sewers and Public Works Committee, St Pancras Vestry in the late 1800s.
1 memorial
John James Potts
Co-church warden of St James & St John, Clerkenwell in 1890. John James Potts was born in 1861 in Islington, Middlesex (now Greater London), his birth being registered in the 3rd quarter of 18...
2 memorials
Edward Heath
Conservative Prime Minister 1970 - 74. Born Broadstairs but lived the first 7 years of his life at the house with the plaque. Died at his home Arundells in Salisbury. 2015: Oh, dear, he's being in...
2 memorials
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Meetal Patel
A beekeeper and founder of Pearly Queen Honey, London. Interview. Grew up in Manchester.
1 memorial
C. Knott
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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