John Fielden was a British industrialist and Radical Member of Parliament for Oldham (1832–1847).
"One of the most experienced, most wealthy, most intelligent, and most humane men in the kingdom" or "The self-acting mule" : John Fielden MP, 1845
Portrait of William Cobbett by George Cooke, c. 1831
Statue of Fielden by John Henry Foley (1869), Centre Vale Park, Todmorden
Oldham (UK Parliament constituency)
Oldham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham, England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 and was abolished for the 1950 general election when it was split into the Oldham East and Oldham West constituencies.
Elliot Lees
Robert Ascroft
James Oswald
James Mawdsley