Cobden, Richard (1804–1865), manufacturer and politician

by Miles Taylor

  • Early life and business career
  • Travels and early political writings
  • Municipal politics, 1836–1839
  • The Anti-Corn Law League, 1838–1846
  • The struggle for retrenchment, 1847–1853
  • The era of Palmerston
  • The Cobden–Chevalier treaty
  • Final years

References

See also

Themes

  • Cobden Club
  • Anti-Corn Law League

Other online resources

  • Bibliography of British and Irish history
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Register of Archives

DNB archive

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