Richard Cobden and the Crimean War: Anthony Howe looks at the anti-war stance of the great Victorian reformer; his fall from grace and subsequent revival.

History Today | June 1, 2004| | Copyright

IN THE EARLY 1840s the struggle for the repeal of the Corn Laws had seen the rapid rise to national prominence of the Manchester calico printer, Richard Cobden (1804-65). Previously known for his pamphlets on foreign policy and his leading part in the incorporation of Manchester in 1838, Gobden, ably assisted by his friend the Quaker cotton spinner John Bright (1811-89), led the Anti-Corn Law League's assault on the Corn Laws. The Corn Laws, or as Cobden preferred the 'bread taxes', had become for many Radicals and Liberals the symbol of aristocratic power and popular ...

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