Cobden may refer to:
People
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Ellen Melicent Cobden
Ellen 'Nellie' Millicent Ashburner Sickert (, 18 August 1848 – 4 September 1914), was a British writer, radical campaigner and suffragist.
Life
Cobden was born Ellen Millicent Ashburner Cobden in 1848 in Manchester, Lancashire. Her parents ...
, British writer and suffragist
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Harry Cobden
Harry Cobden (born 5 November 1998) is a British jockey who competes in National Hunt racing. He was British Champion Conditional Jockey in 2015/16 and went on to ride as first jockey to trainer Paul Nicholls. By the end of the 2023/24 season ...
, British jockey
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Richard Cobden
Richard Cobden (3 June 1804 – 2 April 1865) was an English Radicals (UK), Radical and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician, manufacturing, manufacturer, and a campaigner for free trade and peace. He was associated with the Anti–Corn Law L ...
, British manufacturer and politician
Places
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Cobden, Victoria
Cobden is a town located 200 kilometres southwest of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia named in honour of Richard Cobden. At the 2006 census, Cobden had a population of 1,813. At the 2001 census, Cobden had a population of 1,419.
History
The C ...
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Cobden Football Club
The Cobden Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Bombers'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Cobden, Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Hampden Football Netball League, which Cobden is a fo ...
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Cobden, Ontario
Cobden is a small community in the Township of Whitewater Region, in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. It is located northwest of Ottawa, and roughly halfway between Renfrew and Pembroke on Highway 17.
History
The area around Cobden was o ...
;New Zealand
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Cobden, New Zealand
Cobden is a suburb to the north of Greymouth on the West Coast of New Zealand. The Grey River separates Cobden from the rest of Greymouth. To the north is the Rapahoe Range, also called the Twelve Apostles Range. skirts the south-eastern ...
;United States
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Cobden, Illinois
Cobden is a village in Union County, Illinois, Union County, Illinois, United States, within the Southern Illinois region informally known as "Little Egypt.” The population estimate as of 2025 is 1,064. Cobden is regionally known for the masc ...
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Cobden, Minnesota
Other uses
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Cobden Bridge, Southampton, England
See also
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Cobdenism
Cobdenism is an economic ideology (and the associated popular movement) which perceives international free trade and a non-interventionist foreign policy as the key requirements for prosperity and world peace. It is named after the British states ...
, an economic theory named for Richard Cobden
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