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  Cobden's biography
Richard Cobden (1804-1865) was born at Dunford, near Midhurst, Sussex on 3 June 1804 and died in London on 2 April 1865.
Cobden's attack on what he saw as the local example of feudal governance was followed by his taking up the leadership of Manchester's campaign against the Corn Laws, which he saw as the outstanding bastion of aristocratic self-interest within the British state.
At his death, Cobden was widely recognised by continental Liberals as the model of a 'European' statesman and as 'The International Man' while in Britain he epitomised the ideas of the 'Manchester School'.
www.lse.ac.uk /collections/cobdenLetters/biography.htm   (1300 words)

  
  Richard Cobden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cobden was thus relegated to private life, and retiring to his country house at Dunford, he spent his time in perfect contentment in cultivating his land and feeding his pigs.
Cobden had married in 1840 Miss Catherine Anne Williams, a Welsh lady, and left five surviving daughters, of whom Mrs Cobden-Unwin (wife of the publisher Mr Fisher Unwin), Mrs Walter Sickert (wife of the painter) and Mrs.
Cobden, and what is was called "Cobdenism" and later identified with laissez-faire, was subjected to much criticism from the school of English economists who advocated a national policy, on the ideas of Alexander Hamilton and Friedrich List.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Cobden   (3723 words)

  
 COBDEN - LoveToKnow Article on COBDEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Cobden had spoken with great fervour of the deplorable suffering and distress which at that time prevailed in the country, for which, he added, he held Sir Robert Peel, as the head of the government, responsible.
Cobden, who had travelled in Turkey, and had studied the condition of that countrywith great care for many years, discredited the outcry about maintaining the, independence and integrity of the Ottoman empire which was the battle-cryof the day.
Cobden inevitably stands for Cobdenism, which is a creed largely developed by the modern free-trader in the course of subsequent years.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CO/COBDEN.htm   (5394 words)

  
 Richard Cobden
Cobden received very little formal schooling and at the age of fourteen became a clerk in the textile industry.
In 1837 Richard Cobden became a member of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and joined Thomas Potter and John Shuttleworth in the agitation that resulted in Manchester achieving a democratically elected local council.
Cobden recruited a number of talented speakers to the movement, the most important of which was John Bright, who at that time was Britain's most successful orators.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRcobden.htm   (947 words)

  
 Richard Cobden -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Cobden was born at a farmhouse called Dunford, near (Click link for more info and facts about Midhurst) Midhurst, in (A former Anglo-Saxon kingdom in southern England on the English Channel; was captured by Wessex in the 9th century) Sussex.
Cobden advocated the principles of peace, non-intervention, retrenchment and (International trade free of government interference) free trade to which he continued faithful.
When Cobden returned from abroad, he addressed himself to what seemed to him the logical complement of free trade, namely, the promotion of (The state prevailing during the absence of war) peace and the reduction of naval and military armaments.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/richard_cobden.htm   (3538 words)

  
 T. J. Cobden Sanderson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Thomas James Cobden Sanderson (1840 – 1922) was a British artist and bookbinder associated with the Arts and Crafts movement.
As a friend of William Morris, Cobden Sanderson was involved with the Arts and Crafts ideoloy and during a dinner party with the Morrises he was persuaded by Janey (wife of William Morris) to take up book-binding.
Cobden Miniature Railways The Cobden Miniture Railway is a 5 and 7.25 inch gauge track at Cobden, Victoria, Australia.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-T._J._Cobden_Sanderson.html   (406 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search View - Richard Cobden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Cobden, Richard (1804-65), British economist and statesman, known as the Apostle of Free Trade.
Cobden was born in Sussex, England, June 3, 1804.
Cobden successfully stood for election to Parliament in 1841 to work for repeal of the duties, which was effected in 1846.
encarta.msn.com /text_761557174__1/Richard_Cobden.html   (343 words)

  
 Cobden, Speeches on Questions of Public Policy by Richard Cobden, Front Matter: Library of Economics and Liberty
So cogent and exhaustive was Cobden's reasoning, that, in almost every case, they who attempted to resist the effect of his conclusions were constrained to betake themselves to some irrelevant issue, or to awaken some prejudice against him.
Again, Cobden had the greatest anxiety to improve the moral and material condition of the people, and he had certain very definite views as to the machinery by which the improvement could be effected.
Cobden was a rapid speaker, and, as his voice became feebler, he was not always easy to report accurately.
www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Cobden/cbdSPP0.html   (4836 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Richard Cobden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Cobden, if I may be permitted to say so, was an international man." Edmond Drouyn de Lhuys (1805-1881) was a French statesman and diplomatist, born in Paris.
Page from the Doves Bible by Cobden Sanderson Thomas James Cobden Sanderson (1840 – 1922) was a British artist and bookbinder associated with the Arts and Crafts movement.
Cobdenism is economic theory, focusing on the free market and free trade named for the British statesman and economist Richard Cobden.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Richard-Cobden   (6335 words)

  
 Richard Cobden
In 1819 Cobden went to work in his uncle's warehouse in London where he proved to be an adept clerk and salesman.
He was the only man ever to beat Peel in debate in parliament and in 1846 Peel acknowledged Cobden's rule in the repeal of the Corn Laws.
Cobden did not hold Cabinet office although in 1860 he was responsible for arranging a commercial treaty with France.
www.victorianweb.org /history/cobden.html   (367 words)

  
 Richard Cobden: Creator of The Creator Free Market   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Cobden was born in Dunford, West Sussex, in 1804.
Cobden and his partners did not follow the cautious and slow policy of their predecessors, but fixing themselves upon the best designs, they had those printed off at once and pushed the sale energetically throughout the country.
Cobden had the courage to admit he was wrong and turned around completely in mid-campaign, refocusing on the winnable boroughs.
www.libertyhaven.com /regulationandpropertyrights/tradeandinternationaleconomics/richardcobden.shtml   (3032 words)

  
 Richard Cobden: Activist for Peace - Mises Institute
Cobden saw that free trade was the key to material prosperity, as evidenced by England's economic growth and rise to world leadership in virtually all aspects of trade—finance, insurance, shipping, etc.—after the Corn Law repeal.
Further, Cobden saw free trade as the basis of peace, rather than government controlled trade, which often led to war, and to the moral and economic harm of people.
Richard Cobden knew that at the center of free trade was freedom; freedom that required sharply limiting government, and which produced justice by preventing government sponsored theft by one group from others.
www.mises.org /fullstory.asp?control=1161   (985 words)

  
 Richard Cobden: Creator of the Free Market: Publications: The Independent Institute
Cobden used the Chamber of Commerce as a vehicle for focusing public issues.
Cobden’s speeches in Parliament were not influential and this dampened League members’ enthusiasm.
Cobden replied, “I told him, I would act precisely as I did in England, by dealing first with one article which was the keystone of the whole system.
www.independent.org /publications/article.asp?id=1232   (2926 words)

  
 Cobden House Chambers
Cobden House Chambers are an established set of chambers located in Manchester, within walking distance of the courts and enjoying an excellent reputation on the Northern Circuit for being a friendly and client focussed set.
Cobden House Chambers are aware of increasing competition and quality expectations.
Cobden House Chambers is proud to have been awarded, by the Bar Council the Quality Mark, covering the areas: Community Legal Service and Criminal Defence Service.
www.cobden.co.uk   (277 words)

  
 University of Delaware: LETTERS TO RICHARD COBDEN SANDERSON
Publisher Richard Cobden Sanderson was the son of British bookbinder and printer Thomas James Cobden Sanderson (1840-1922), who founded the Doves Press, at Hammersmith, a borough of greater London.
Following his retirement from publishing as World War II was beginning, Cobden Sanderson served as a spotter of enemy aircraft near his home and in other volunteer capacities, as did his wife Gwladys (Sally).
Although most of the letters are addressed to Richard Cobden Sanderson, some are written to his wife Gwladys (Sally), and certainly most refer to her.
www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/findaids/cobdensa.htm   (871 words)

  
 Cobden Bio: The Online Library of Liberty
Cobden was a member of the British Parliament and an advocate of free trade, a non-interventionist foreign policy, peace, and parliamentary reform.
He is best remembered for his activity on behalf of the Anti-Corn Law League which helped reduce British tariffs in 1846 and for negotiating the Anglo-French trade agreement of 1860.
Sir Louis Mallet,"The Political Opinions of Richard Cobden" in vol.
oll.libertyfund.org /Intros/Cobden.php   (307 words)

  
 Cobden Heritage
The area where his workers and families lived was by a small creek, not far from where the present township of Cobden resides today.
As the township grew it adopted a name change, and in honoring British Statesman Richard Cobden, the name of Cobden was given to the town.
As the township of Cobden steadily grew, the first cheese and butter factory Co-operative in Victoria opened at Cobden in 1888.
www.gatewaybbs.com.au /Cobden/Heritage.htm   (453 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Richard Cobden (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Campaigning both inside and outside Parliament (to which he was elected in 1841), he finally won over Sir Robert Peel, and the corn laws were repealed in 1846.
After 1849, Cobden concerned himself chiefly with foreign policy, advocating nonintervention in Europe and an end to imperial expansion.
Reelected in 1859, he negotiated (1859–60) the "Cobden Treaty" for reciprocal tariffs with France.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Cobden-R.html   (282 words)

  
 Manchester School Liberalism
The ACLL was thus set up in 1836 by Cobden and Bright and, by 1846, had successfully had them repealed by Parliament.
Founder of the Manchester-based Anti-Corn Law League with John Bright, which was largely responsible for the repeal of the Corn Laws by Peel in 1846.
Cobden was also responsible, with Michel Chevalier, for the 1860 "Cobden-Chevalier" trade treaty with France.
cepa.newschool.edu /het/schools/manchester.htm   (1206 words)

  
 Anti-Corn Law League
Cobden was a friend of John Bright and suggested he should join the League.
In 1841 General Election the leader of the Anti-Corn Law League, Richard Cobden became the MP for Stockport.
The economic depression of 1840-1842 increased membership of the Anti-Corn Law League and Richard Cobden and John Bright spoke to very large audiences all over the country.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRanticorn.htm   (822 words)

  
 Cobden Times
Cobden is town of some 1,400 people and is in the heart of the rich Heytesbury dairy farming area.
Cobden boasts the largest dried milk processing factory in the Southern Hemisphere and claims to be the dairy capital of the Australia.
The Cobden Times circulates in the area to the south including the Great Ocean Road tourist centres, the Simpson settlement, the Cobden township as well as the nearby small towns of the Corangamite Shire.
www.vcpa.com.au /Vic/cobden_times.html   (112 words)

  
 Cobden, Richard on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Reelected in 1859, he negotiated (1859-60) the “Cobden Treaty” for reciprocal tariffs with France.
Richard Cobden and the Crimean War: Anthony Howe looks at the anti-war stance of the great Victorian reformer; his fall from grace and subsequent revival.
Hear the words of Cobden and Bright: for a truly ethical policy, Robin Cook should listen to the opponents of the Crimean war.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/c/cobden-r1.asp   (421 words)

  
 Richard Cobden Biography / Biography of Richard Cobden Biography Biography
The English politician Richard Cobden (1804-1865) was leader of the free-trade movement.
The son of a farmer, Richard Cobden was born on June 3, 1804, near Midhurst, Sussex.
There were 11 children in the Cobden family, and poverty was an obstacle in Cobden's youth.
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 Cobden, IL (Illinois) Houses, Apartments, Cars, Mortgage Status, and Residents Info
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 Cafe Hayek: Richard Cobden's Bicentennial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Today is the bicentennial of the birth of Richard Cobden, founder of The Economist, a founder of the Anti-Corn Law League, and partner in this League with John Bright in successfully campaigning for Britain’s great move toward free trade in 1846.
See Nye.) Cobden was one of history’s greatest advocates of free trade – hence, he was one of history’s greatest advocates of civilization.
Last week while I was in my work-and-house frenzy I missed an interesting anniversary: the bicentennial of the birth of Richard Cobden, one of my favorite people from British history.
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 Cobden, Illinois (IL) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news, sex ...
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According to our research there were 6 registered sex offenders living in Cobden, Illinois in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Cobden to the number of sex offenders is 184 to 1.
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 Cobden News
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Having fled Texas late last week before Hurricane Rita hit the coast, the family was one of about 12 families that waited out the weekend in the Union/Jackson County Farmworkers migrant housing complex in Cobden.
COBDEN, Ill. Vineyards across southern Illinois are picking through and wrapping up their annual grape harvest.
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 Richard Cobden / Free Trade With All Nations
I, at least, will never be suspected of doing otherwise than pursuing it disinterestedly, honestly, and resolutely.
Richard Cobden sacrificed his life by leaving his sick room and hastening to London in the spring of 1865 to resist in the House of Commons the proposed fortification of Canada.
His Free Trade agitation had always been subordinated to the high moral purpose of promoting peace on earth and good-will among men.
www.cooperativeindividualism.org /cobdenonfreetrade.html   (2933 words)

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