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    Related topics. Liberalism portal. Politics portal. v. t. e. John Bright (16 November 1811 – 27 March 1889) was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies. A Quaker, Bright is most famous for battling the Corn Laws.

  2. John Bright was a British reform politician and orator active in the early Victorian campaigns for free trade and lower grain prices. He was a co-founder of the Anti-Corn Law League, as well as campaigns for parliamentary reform.

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  3. John Bright, (born Nov. 16, 1811, Rochdale, Lancashire, Eng.—died March 27, 1889, Rochdale), British reform politician and orator. He entered Parliament in 1843 and served three times as a member of William E. Gladstone ’s cabinet.

  4. John Bright has been described as one of the great Victorian moralists, standing at the confluence of the mid-nineteenth century working class movement and of the political wing of nonconformist dissent.

  5. Jan 29, 2020 · In this video, made with and for The History of Parliament Trust, we explore the parliamentary career of the prominent nineteenth century reformer: John Bright - also one of the leading figures...

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  6. John Bright did more than anyone else to bring about the great advances for liberty in nineteenth-century Britain. A leading orator and agitator, he was considered by many to be the best political speaker of the century.

  7. Radical politician and son of a Rochdale textile manufacturer, his first public speech (on temperance, 1830) marks the strong quaker influence on him. A leading public speaker for the Anti‐Corn Law League (1839–46), Bright was elected MP for Durham (1843), Manchester (1847–57), and thereafter Birmingham.