Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,701 pages of information and 247,103 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

John Bright

From Graces Guide

John Bright MP (1811-1889), a close associate of Richard Cobden.[1]

1848 Marriage to his second wife Margaret Elizabeth.

1863 Birth of one of his sons, Philip

1868 One of the guests of honour at the dinner for Cyrus W. Field celebrating the success of the Atlantic Telegraph Co

1871 Living in Rochdale, an MP and a Cotton and Carpet manufacturer employing 920 hands[2]


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Sources of Information

  1. Biography of John Bright, ODNB
  2. 1871 census