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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James Ranger
Prospective Socialist candidate for the Epping division in October 1935.
1 memorial
Errico Malatesta
Anarchist. Born Italy. Spent many years in exile in various countries. From 1881 he was often in London. In 1910 he had an electrical workshop at 15 Duncan Terrace, from which he provided cutting ...
1 memorial
Professor Anthony Trinick
FREng. Chairman of the Castle Baynard Ward Club in 2009.
1 memorial
Alfred Purssell
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
1 memorial
W. L. Josephs
A Commissioner for the 1892Â Westminster Public Baths and Wash-houses.
1 memorial
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