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Cobden may refer to: People * Richard Cobden, British manufacturer and politician Places ;Australia * Cobden, Victoria ** Cobden Football Club ;Canada * Cobden, Ontario ;New Zealand * Cobden, New Zealand ;United States * Cobden, Illinois * Cobden, Minnesota Other uses * Cobden Bridge, Southampton, England See also * Cobdenism, an economic theory named for Richard Cobden {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cobden
Richard Cobden (3 June 1804 – 2 April 1865) was an English Radical and Liberal politician, manufacturer, and a campaigner for free trade and peace. He was associated with the Anti-Corn Law League and the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty. As a young man, Cobden was a successful commercial traveller who became co-owner of a highly profitable calico printing factory in Sabden but lived in Manchester, a city with which he would become strongly identified. However, he soon found himself more engaged in politics, and his travels convinced him of the virtues of free trade (anti-protection) as the key to better international relations. In 1838, he and John Bright founded the Anti-Corn Law League, aimed at abolishing the unpopular Corn Laws, which protected landowners' interests by levying taxes on imported wheat, thus raising the price of bread. As a Member of Parliament from 1841, he fought against opposition from the Peel ministry, and abolition was achieved in 1846. Another free tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
