John Bright Letters 1847-1878

Bright, John, 1811-1889

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British statesman, from Rochdale, Lancashire, England. From the description of Papers, 1840-1888. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276561 John Bright (1811-1889), British reformer, Liberal statesman, free-trade advocate, and one of the most eloquent public speakers of his time, was born near Rochdale, England. A Quaker textile manufacturer, Bright was elected to Parliament in 1843 and formed the Anti-Corn Law League with Richard Cobden to repeal the Corn Laws...

Bright Margaret Elizabeth d 1878

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John Bright, 1811-1889

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John Bright was born in Greenbank in Rochdale, Lancashire, on 16 November 1811. He became a politician, orator and statesman. He was interested in languages, politics, government and political movements. His first wife was Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Jonathan Priestman. Bright married his second wife, Margaret Elizabeth Leatham, daughter of William Leatham of Heath near Wakefield, a banker, on 10 June 1847. She died in 1878. By her he had four sons and three daughters. From the gui...