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Description: | Bronze statue on granite pedestal... Cobden, dressed in long coat, standing in act of addressing an audience. His left leg is forward, the foot slightly over the plinth. His right arm is outstretched with the index finger of hand raised. His left hand is inside his waistcoat. Additional Information: Richard Cobden, was born in Heyshott, near Midhurst, Sussex, on 3 June 1804, the son of an unsuccessful small farmer. Cobden received little formal schooling and at the age of fourteen became a clerk in the cloth trade. He later started his own business selling calico prints. He moved to Manchester where in the 1830s he emerged as one of the leading figures in the campaign to establish a democratically elected local council. The new borough of Manchester was established in 1838 and Cobden was elected as one of the first alderman. At the same time as campaigning for political reform Cobden was also supporting economic reform. His involvement in the emerging campaign to remove the corn laws led in 1839 to the establishment of the Anti-Corn Law League. Cobden and John Bright, who he recruited to the League, became the most famous of those who organised the campaign. In 1841 he was elected MP for Stockport, and already a national figure. The repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 saw Cobden fĂȘted as a hero in Lancashire. Cobden continued to campaign for Liberal causes especially parliamentary reform and education. Cobden's house in Quay Street was to become the first home of Owens' College, the forerunner of the University of Manchester. His determined opposition towards an aggressive foreign policy especially during the Crimean War saw public opinion turn against Cobden and Bright. Both men lost their seats in the general election of 1857. Cobden re- entered parliament as the member for Rochdale in 1859. In 1860 he was instrumental in negotiating a new commercial treaty with France that reduced the tariff on a variety of goods. Cobden was an admirer of American democracy and supporter of Abraham Lincoln but he did not live to see the Union victory. On 2 April 1865, Richard Cobden died of bronchitis. | Subjects: | Â Statue | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Wood, Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7560... | Go to resource |
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