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Benjamin Disraeli
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PR: 6
Offers information on Benjamin Disraeli. - [Read more
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Charles Kingsley
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PR: 6
Offers information on Charles Kingsley. - [Read more
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Thomas Duncombe
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PR: 6
Abstract: Born in Yorkshire in 1796. After his education at Harrow School Duncombe joined the Coldstream Guards. While in the army he met General Ronald Ferguson, and was influenced by his ideas and when he retired from the army in 1819 began to look for a seat in the House of Commons, and was eventually elected to represent Hertford in June 1826. He became a strong supporter of parliamentary reform amd was one of the few members who was willing to argue the case for universal suffrage. He made it clear that he considered it is responsibility to represent the views of the working people as well as those who had actually voted for him. His political life was hampered by ill-health and he was forced to spend long periods away from the House of Commons. He died on 13th November, 1861. - [Read more
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Thomas Attwood
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PR: 6
Abstract: Born at Hawne House, Halesowen on 6th October, 1783. After being educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School, he began work at his father's bank. Attwood first became involved in politics when he joined the campaign against the East India Company. In 1812 the government appointed a Select Committee to of the House of Commons to investigate the activities of the East India Company. Attwood led the Birmingham delegation which gave evidence to the Committee. In June 1839, he presented the first National Petition to the House of Commons. Although it had been signed by over 1,280,000 people, the Commons rejected the petition by 235 votes to 46. Frustrated by the unwillingness of Parliament to respond to public pressure, he decided to resign from Parliament and died in Malvern on 9th March 1859. - [Read more
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Thomas Wakley
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PR: 6
Spent seventeen years in the House of Commons, remained a strong supporter of parliamentary reform and was one of the few members of the House who defended the activities of the Chartists. As one of the main opponents of the stamp duty on newspapers, in 1836 he published six issues of an unstamped paper called A Voice from the Commons. (1796-1862) - [Read more
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Henry Fawcett
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PR: 6
Offers information on Henry Fawcett including bibliography and comments on each work. - [Read more
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Westminster Borough
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PR: 6
Their elected representation of the constituency in the House of Commons was Radical between 1784 and 1852. - [Read more
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