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Cobden, Richard
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Cobden, Richard (1804–65). A British radical politician, Cobden was devoted to free trade and international peace, and hostile to aristocratic rule. After the successful campaign for the incorporation of Manchester, he joined the
Anti‐Corn Law League. Cobden became MP for Southport in 1841 and proved a competent speaker both in and out of Parliament. He was largely responsible for the League's increasing prominence. In 1846 he received from
Peel an exaggerated tribute as the man primarily responsible for repeal of the Corn Laws. Thereafter, Cobden remained a prominent reformer, but opposition to the
Crimean War and
Palmerston's popular foreign policy reduced his influence. In 1859–60 he negotiated an important commercial treaty with France.
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Commerce, Markets, and Peace: Richard Cobden's Enduring Lessons
Magazine article from: Freeman; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Cabinets or Foreign Offices. -RICHARD COBDEN (1804-1865) In a 1944 review...Nineteenth-century writer Richard Cobden, however, maintained that the...ideas in The Political Writings of Richard Cobden (1903) are a century and a half...
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Commerce, markets, and peace: Richard Cobden's enduring lessons.(Precursors)
Magazine article from: Independent Review; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Cabinets or Foreign Offices. --Richard Cobden In a 1944 review of F. A. Hayek...Nineteenth-century writer Richard Cobden, however, maintained that the...ideas in The Political Writings of Richard Cobden (1903) are a century and a half...
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An anti-poverty hero; Richard Cobden.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 6/5/2004; 700+ words
; ...for free trade. His name was Richard Cobden, and he led the Anti-Corn Law...success of that repeal to one man: Richard Cobden. It is all a noble piece of history...remains a bastion of protectionism. Richard Cobden was no aristocrat, nor an advocate...
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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.
Magazine article from: History Today; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the Manchester calico printer, Richard Cobden (1804-65). Previously known...Corn Laws. The Corn Laws, or as Cobden preferred the 'bread taxes...novelist Thackeray predicted 'Dicky' Cobden's becoming prime minister. Subsequently...
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Stockholders elect Firstbank board members. (Firstbank of Illinois Co.; P. Richard Ware, Robert W. Jackson, William B. Hooper, James C. Coultas)
PR Newswire; 5/1/1989; 634 words
; ...Illinois Co. said shareholders at the annual meeting elected P. Richard Ware to the bank holding company's board of directors, and...of Taylorville; and the United Illinois Banks of Benton, Cobden, Collinsville, Dahlgren and New Athens, operate 21 banking...
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Paul Richard's grand opening on Broadway.
M2 Presswire; 4/16/2004; 700+ words
; ...who shop after work." Paul Richard's will offer classic styles...affordable prices." Paul Richard's will also carry leather...Jim's middle name. Barry Cobden of Campus Customs, who has...am delighted to welcome Paul Richard's to Broadway. Their high...
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RICHARD EHRLICH'S BEVERAGE REPORT: Great shakes
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/16/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...colours, ingenious garnishes, artful preparations - or demonstrated clever use of ingredients: the Thai Martini, made by the Cobden Club's Kymmon Hill, mixed vodka with coriander and ginger. But however impressive in the technical sense, these were not...
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A Man to Remember
Magazine article from: Freeman; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...his own land but worldwide. The man was Richard Cobden. Born in Sussex in modest circumstances, Cobden became a successful businessman as a calico...anything beyond marginal change impossible. Cobden and others thought otherwise. On the September...
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Pint of mild and some sushi for my friend
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/2/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...in west London, the Cobden Working Men's Club, built in 1880 in memory of Richard Cobden, the Corn Law reformer...seems arty enough for the Cobden Working Men's Club...visitors: Mick Jagger, Richard Branson, Boy George...
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Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Real World Economics Column.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 12/12/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...unfortunate that British social activist Richard Cobden wasn't able to make it to Seattle...crusader for social justice than Richard Cobden. Born into poverty, he earned...have a passionate Quaker like Richard Cobden to help make that case. Edward...
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Richard Cobden
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Richard Cobden The English politician Richard Cobden (1804-1865) was leader of the free-trade movement...the cause of international peace. The son of a farmer, Richard Cobden was born on June 3, 1804, near Midhurst, Sussex. There...
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Cobden, Richard
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Cobden, Richard (1804–65). A British radical politician, Cobden was devoted to free trade and international peace...had shown that it could affect election results. Cobden became MP for Southport in 1841 and proved a competent...
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Manchester
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...achieved in 1832, and in 1838, thanks to the efforts of Richard Cobden , Manchester was incorporated as a borough. The Peterloo...economics and the Anti-Corn-Law League , led by Cobden and John Bright. The first application of steam to...
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John Bright
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...A staunch laissez-faire capitalist, and, with Richard Cobden , a bastion of the Manchester school of economics...also ed. by J. E. T. Rogers, 1879); D. Read, Cobden and Bright (1967); J. R. Vincent, The Formation...
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balance of power
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...doctrine was always strongly attacked by radicals. Richard Cobden called it a ‘figment’, which...x2018;desolated’ millions of families. Cobden and Bright objected to it, in part, because it was...
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