Cobden House
This block was built in 1958 by the London County Council and was named after Richard Cobden (1804 - 1865), who was a liberal statesman and a member of the anti-corn laws league.
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E2, Nelson Gardens
See St Peter's Close. As far as we can discover Richard Cobden had no particular association with this area.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cobden House
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
Political economist and Liberal MP. Born near Midhurst, Sussex, into a large ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cobden House
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The texts on the plaques either side of the Whittaker plaque is largely lost. They were painted and only a few shreds remain. The font lo...
We find this building puzzling since in some ways it looks more modern than those around but it retains many characteristics that suggest...
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography gives his birth year as 1723.
The modern information board above adds nothing of historical interest.
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