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| Date transcribed | 2011-01-01 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Bright | | | First Name(s) | John | | | Year of Birth | 1811 | | | Year of Death | 1889 | | | Entry | Born Nov. 16, 1811 : son of Jacob Bright, of Rochdale : educated there and at Ackworth, York, Newton : joined his father in managing mills, travelled, and entered politics : co-operated with Cobden against the Corn Laws : M.P. for Durham, 1843 ; for Manchester, 1847, 1852 ; for Birmingham, 1857-85 : in his political life he paid special attention to India : in 1848, was Chairman of the Committee, for which he moved, to inquire into the obstacles to the cultivation of cotton in India : helped to raise a fund for a private Commission of inquiry : opposed the renewal of the Charter of the E. I. Co. in 1853 : spoke, 1853, strongly in favour of making the Government of India a Department of the Government, with a Minister of State and a Council : in the discussions on the transfer of the Government of India to the Crown, in 1858, and again in 1879, he advocated a policy of decentralization, by the substitution of federated Provincial Governments for a Central Government : urged, in 1859, the reduction of military expenditure in India : declined to be Secretary of State for India, 1868, being unwilling, as a Quaker, to be mixed up with military matters : advocated developments of India by public works and canals, 1878-9 : spoke against the Afghan war of 1878-80 : D.C.L., 1886 : died March 27, 1889 : his general career in Parliament, his share in English politics, and his eloquent speeches, need not be dwelt upon here. |
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