1830-1859
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Richard Cobden, 1804-1865
Richard Cobden is most famous for his advocacy of free trade and as a leader of the Anti-Corn Law League. He has been described as clothing free trade with a moral cloak. The repeal of the Corn Laws, and the subsequent embedding of the cause of free trade and cheap food in working-class beliefs, were…
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Aristocratic Radical
Review of Roger Swift, Charles Pelham Villiers: Aristocratic Victorian Radical (Routledge, 2017).
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The ‘European mind’ of late Victorian Liberalism
W. E. Gladstone and Joseph Chamberlain.
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Liberals, free trade and Europe
From Cobden to the Common Market.
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Radical Joe and Chocolate George
Review of Andrew Reekes, Two Titans, One City: Joseph Chamberlain and George Cadbury (History West Midlands, 2017).
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A history of by-elections
Review of T. G. Otte and Paul Readman (eds.), By-elections in British politics 1832–1914 (Boydell, 2013).
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A very distinguished tightrope dancer
Review of James Chambers, Palmerston: ‘The People’s Darling’ (John Murray, 2004).