VOL. III. Account, letters, and printed papers of the Metropolitan Parliamentary Reform Association, 1842; including letters of Sir John Bowring, Joseph Scholefield, Colonel T. Perronet Thompson, Joseph Sturge, Joseph Hume, and others.Metropolitan Pa... 18th century-19th century

Metropolitan Parliamentary Reform Association (active 18th century-19th century)

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Bowring, John, 1792-1872

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John Bowring was an English statesman and author, renowned as a polyglot. Born in Exeter and raised as a Unitarian, he began working at the age of thirteen, and actively sought to learn languages from travellers. He established a mercantile firm, and travelled extensively, meeting Jeremy Bentham; a controversy over some Greek loans affected his reputation and financial status, but Bentham helped by appointing him political editor of Westminster Review. Bowring published several volumes of verse,...

Hume, Joseph, MP

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Thompson, Thomas Perronet, Lieutenant-General MP, FRS

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Scholefield, Joseph, active 18th century-19th century

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