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Cobden, Richard
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Cobden, Richard (1804-1865)

British Liberal politician and economist, cofounder with John Bright of the Anti-Corn Law League in 1838. A member of Parliament from 1841, he opposed class and religious privileges and believed in disarmament and free trade.

Cobden became a calico manufacturer in Manchester. With other businessmen he founded the Anti-Corn Law League and began his lifelong association with John Bright, until 1845 devoting himself to the repeal of the Corn Laws.



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