Corn Laws Collection

The Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, Q.C. M.P. for Wells, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, Q.C. M.P. for Wells, 1850. Portrait from a photograph by Beard, of British politician and lawyer William Goodenough Hayter, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury

The Corn-Laws, 1845. Creator: Unknown
The Corn-Laws, 1845. Descriptive History of the Laws relative to the Importation and Exportation of Corn. Article discussing the the Corn Laws

Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 1898. Free Trade Hall, Manchester constructed by architect Edward Walters 1853-56 on St Peters Fields, the site of the Peterloo Massacre

William Huskisson, c1810, (c1884). Creator: Unknown
William Huskisson, c1810, (c1884). William Huskisson (1770- 1830) British statesman, financier and MP during reign of George IV. Educated at Appleby Grammar School

Richard Cobden, c1850, (c1884). Creator: Unknown
Richard Cobden, c1850, (c1884). Richard Cobden (1804-1865) English manufacturer, Radical and Liberal statesman, educated locally with further study at the London Institution

House of Commons, 1846: Robert Peel announcing his Conversion to Free Trade Principles
The House of Commons in 1846: Sir Robert Peel announcing his Conversion to Free Trade Principles during the Corn Law Debate, January 22, (1901)

Charles Pelham Villiers, British politician and President of the Poor Law Board, c1844 (c1890)
Charles Pelham Villiers (1802-1898), British politician and President of the Poor Law Board, c1844 (c1890). From " Cassells History of England - Special Edition, Vol

Scene in the House of Commons, London, 22 January 1846 (1901). Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) announcing His conversion to Free Trade principles during the Corn Law debate

John Bright, British Radical and Liberal politician, 1869. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
John Bright, British Radical and Liberal politician, 1869. Will the Sentimental Orator be Lost in the Practical Minister, or Will Both be Extinguished?

The Massacre of Peterloo, or Britons Strike Home, 1819 (1904). Artist: George Cruikshank
The Massacre of Peterloo, or Britons Strike Home, 1819 (1904). On 16th August 1819, soldiers of the 15th Hussars charging an unarmed crowd gathered on St Peters Field in Manchester to hear speeches

A meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League in Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1838 (c1895). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume VII (c1895)

A meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League in Newalls Building, Manchester, 1838 (c1895). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume VII (c1895)

A Kingdom, 19th century. Artist: Alfred Crowquill
A Kingdom, 19th century. Cartoon depicting the king (either George IV or his successor William IV) chained by his duties and burdened with the political issues of the day

Lord George Bentinck, (1802-1848), 19th century. Bentinck was an English Conservative politician and racehorse owner. He is best known for his part in the unseating of Sir Robert Peel over the Corn

George Wilson, 19th century. Wilson (1808-1870) was Chairman of the Anti-Corn Law league. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900)

Lord John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Lord John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland, 1878. Manners was also a Conservative MP for Newark. He opposed the reapeal of the Corn Laws

Right Hon John Bright, MP for Birmingham, 1876. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Right Hon John Bright, MP for Birmingham, 1876. Earlier in his political career, Bright was one of the founders of the Anti-Corn Law League

Lord George Cavendish Bentinck, English statesman and sportsman, c1840s. Artist: J B Hunt
Lord George Cavendish Bentinck, English statesman and sportsman, c1840s. Lord George Bentinck (1802-1848) was an English Conservative politician and racehorse owner

Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, 16 August 1819. On 16th August 1819, soldiers of the 15th Hussars charging an unarmed crowd gathered on St Peters Field in Manchester to hear speeches supporting

Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England, 16 August 1819. On 16th August 1819, soldiers of the 15th Hussars charging an unarmed crowd gathered on St Peters Field in Manchester to hear speeches

Richard Cobden, British politician, economist and Lancashire calico manufacturer, c1870. Described as the Apostle of Free Trade

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