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 Bright, John (/1. lh'l l, d. 1H3”). orato ' and
statesman. 110 was born near Roehdale of
a Quaker family, his father being engaged
in the cotton-spinning trade. “'hen sixteen
years old John Bright entered his father’s
business. and began to take an interest in
public affairs. He first met and became
assratiated with (Yobden in connection with
the national education question. after return—
ing,r from a visit to Eastern Europe: and in
1832) his name was prominent among the
committee of the National Anti-Corn Law
League, which sprang up at that time. and
his devotion to the sause vas intensified by
the grief occasioned by the death of his
wife in 18-11, after a married life of only two
years. In 1813‘} he was returned by Durham
to Parliament. and was indefatigable in his
efforts for the repeal of the corn laws.
The movement set on foot by Lord Shaftes-
bury for the limitation of factory labour to
ten hours a day was strongly opp<,>sed by
Bright, who thereby incurred much 11n-
popularity. His eloquence was next turned
to Irish and Indian questions: and in regard
to Ireland he advocated reform of the land
laws and disestablishment of the Irish
Church. In 1819 he married a second time.
The parliamentary session of 18.35 was
rendered memorable as the occasion of some
of Bright’s tincst orations, delivered in
denunciation of the Crimean var. Illness
compelled him to go abroad in 1857, when
Palmerston was defeated on the Chinese
question. In the general election which
followed Bright was defeated at Manchester,
for which constituency he had sat since
1847. In 1857 he was elected for Birming-
ham, and remained that borough’s member
till his death. After helping to defeat Lord
Palmerston in 1858,11e supported strongly
Lord Derby’s measure for the abolition of
the East India Company: and on the out—
break of the American Civil war he again
excited great unpopularity by his uncom-
promising advocacy of the cause of the
North. After Mr. Gladstone’s defeat in
1865 on the Reform Bill, Bright conducted
a campaign in favour of reform, and ob-
tained from Mr. Disraeli’s government a
measure embodying many of his principles.
Again he turned to the questions of Irish
disestablishment and land reform, and was
president of the Board of Trade in Mr.
(iladstone’s government which passed the
1870 Land Act and the Irish Church Dis-
establishment Act. For two yearshe retired
from public life, but joined Mr. Gladstone's
Ministry in 1373. and from then until his
return to office with the Liberals in 1880
took a prominent part in the agitation for
the disestablishment of the English Church.
In 1880 he opposed Mr. (Hadstone’s Home
Rule policy. and became the great strength
of the Unionist party, his influence going a
very long way towards winningr the. general
election of 1380. 6’ {’- "1