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 Henry Knight
Henry Edmund Knight was born in St Marylebone. 1882-3 the Lord Mayor of London. Sources: Wikitree, Grogono.
1 memorial
Councillor Mrs Patricia Catchpole
Liberal councillor. Vice Chair of the Bow Parks Board in 1990.
1 memorial
Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith
Formed as a civil parish in 1834 from the chapelry of Hammersmith that had existed in the ancient parish of Fulham, Middlesex since 1631. It was grouped with Fulham as the Fulham District from 1855...
1 memorial
Walter Hines Page
Ambassador of the United States of America to the Court of St. James, 1913 - 1918. Yahoo! has "... Page was vice-president and partner of Doubeday, Page & Co, the largest publishing business i...
1 memorial
Haringey councillors who served since 1965 and have died.
Haringey Councillors who served since 1965 and have died.
1 memorial
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