Richard Cobden

(1804-1865)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865 NRA: Cobden, Richard (1804-1865) Statesman and Businessman DNB: Cobden, Richard (1804-1865), manufacturer and politician LBT ID: RiCobde1865 VIAF ID: 66539206 LOC ID: n79040052	B/BAP: 1804-06-03 DIED: 1865-04-02
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English statesman and champion of free trade; he was MP for Stockport (1841-47), West Riding of Yorkshire (1847-57), and Rochdale (1859).
REFERENCES TO Richard Cobden: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 3: The Sun Found 1: ¶ 12 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 2: ¶ 49 ¶ 60 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VIII Found 2: ¶ 8 ¶ 9 Chapter XII Found 1: ¶ 8 Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877, Recollections of Writers (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878) Chapter VII. Found 2: ¶ 3 ¶ 4