Oldham (constituency)
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Oldham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham, England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency
Elliot Lees
Robert Ascroft
James Oswald
James Mawdsley
William Cobbett
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William Cobbett was an English pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey. He was one of an agrarian faction seeking to reform Parliament, abolish "rotten boroughs", restr
Oldham (constituency)
…not already included in the parliamentary borough. Members of Parliament Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party 1832 John Fielden Radical William Cobbett Radical 1835 by-election John Frederick Lees Conservative 1837 William Augustus Johnson Radical 1847 William Johnson Fox Radical John Duncuft Peelite…
William Cobbett, portrait in oils possibly by George Cooke, c. 1831 National Portrait Gallery (London)
William Cobbett's birthplace
Cartoon of Cobbett enlisting in the army. From the Political Register of 1809. Artist James Gillray.
The 'Hampshire hog in the pound'