Absalom Watkin
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Absalom Watkin, was an English social and political reformer, an anti corn law campaigner, and a member of Manchester's Little Circle that was key in passing the Reform Act 1832.
Portrait of Absalom Watkin by William Bradley
The Peterloo Massacre of 1819
Rose Hill, Northenden, purchased by Watkin in 1832
Absalom Watkin's grave in the churchyard of St Wilfrid, Northenden in Manchester
Thomas Potter (mayor)
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Sir Thomas Potter was an English industrialist and Liberal politician, and the first Mayor of Manchester.
Absalom Watkin
…the House of Commons. With its core membership based around the Unitarians and the Portico Library, members included: John Potter and his three sons Thomas (later first mayor of Manchester), Richard (later MP for Wigan) and William; Joseph Brotherton (Non-conformist minister and pioneering vegetarian…
Thomas Potter