Richard Cobden

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Richard Cobden was a prominent 19th-century British politician and leading advocate of free trade, best known for his role in the Anti–Corn Law League and the eventual repeal of the Corn Laws.

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Richard Cobden canonical 19
British statesman Richard Cobden 1
Cobden 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
free trade advocate ⓘ
human ⓘ
liberal ⓘ
pacifist ⓘ
advocatedPolicy non-interventionist foreign policy ⓘ
peaceful arbitration of international disputes ⓘ
unilateral free trade ⓘ
birthDate 1804-06-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Heyshott, Sussex, England ⓘ
coFounded Anti–Corn Law League ⓘ
collaboratedWith John Bright ⓘ
commemoratedBy Cobden Bridge, Southampton ⓘ
Cobden statue in St Ann's Square, Manchester ⓘ
Cobden, Illinois ⓘ
town of Cobden, Ontario ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1865-04-02 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
familyName Cobden ⓘ
fullName Richard Cobden ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
ideology classical liberalism ⓘ
influenced British free trade legislation ⓘ
John Bright ⓘ
knownFor Cobden–Chevalier Treaty ⓘ
advocacy of free trade ⓘ
campaign for repeal of the Corn Laws ⓘ
leadership in the Anti–Corn Law League ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
movement Manchester School of economics ⓘ
free trade movement ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork 1793 and 1853, in Three Letters ⓘ
England, Ireland and America ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
numberOfChildren 5 ⓘ
occupation manufacturer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
opposedPolicy Corn Laws ⓘ
linked to: Corn Laws debate

militarism ⓘ
protectionism ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Rochdale ⓘ
Stockport ⓘ
West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
politicalAlignment Liberal ⓘ
signed Cobden–Chevalier Treaty ⓘ
spouse Catherine Anne Williams ⓘ
treatyPartnerCountry France ⓘ

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Philhellenes → hasNotableMember → Richard Cobden ⓘ
Philhellenes → hasNotableMember → Cobden ⓘ
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Richard Cobden → fullName → Richard Cobden ⓘ
Cobden → namedAfter → Richard Cobden ⓘ
Cobden–Chevalier Treaty → namedAfter → Richard Cobden ⓘ
Cobden–Chevalier Treaty → negotiatedBy → Richard Cobden ⓘ
Anti–Corn Law League → foundedBy → Richard Cobden ⓘ
Anti–Corn Law League → hasKeyMember → Richard Cobden ⓘ
England, Ireland and America → author → Richard Cobden ⓘ
England, Ireland and America → workOf → Richard Cobden ⓘ
Cobden Bridge, Southampton → namedAfter → Richard Cobden ⓘ
Cobden Bridge, Southampton → honours → Richard Cobden ⓘ
Cobden, Ontario → namedAfter → Richard Cobden ⓘ
subject linked to: town of Cobden, Ontario
Cobden, Ontario → honours → Richard Cobden ⓘ
subject linked to: town of Cobden, Ontario
Cobden, Illinois → namedAfter → Richard Cobden ⓘ
Cobden, Illinois → namedFor → British statesman Richard Cobden ⓘ
linked to: Richard Cobden
Cobden, Illinois → namedFor → free-trade advocate Richard Cobden ⓘ
linked to: Richard Cobden
Catherine Anne Williams → spouse → Richard Cobden ⓘ