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William Lovett, 1800-1877

Chartist Ancestors william lovett

Author of the People’s Charter and secretary to the Convention of 1839 William Lovett was secretary to the General Convention

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Chartists in America – tourists and political refugees

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Chartists looked to America as the land of the free. Though often disappointed by the reality, it offered for some

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Edmund Stallwood, Chartist journalist, 1810 – 1866

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Edmund Stallwood was an active trade unionist and radical who worked as London correspondent for the Chartist Northern Star. This

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John Skevington, 1801 – 1850

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Loughborough Chartist leader held in high esteem by Leicestershire Chartists John Skevington represented Loughborough and Derby in the General Convention

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John Frost, 1784 – 1877

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Former mayor of Newport, Monmouthshire, and 1839 Convention delegate John Frost was Newport’s delegate to the General Convention of the

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Peter Bussey, 1805 – 1869

Chartist Ancestors peter bussey, yorkshire

Bradford publican who fled to America after the First Chartist Convention Peter Bussey was the West Riding of Yorkshire’s delegate

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Henry Hetherington, 1792 – 1849

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Campaigner against newspaper taxes and leading moderate Chartist Henry Hetherington represented both London and Stockport in the General Convention of

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Robert Knox

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Delegate from County Durham to the Convention of 1839 Robert Knox was the delegate from County Durham to the General

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Matthew Fletcher, 1796 – 1878

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Opponent of the New Poor Law, Bury GP and 1839 Convention delegate Matthew Fletcher was Bury’s delegate to the General

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Thomas Attwood 1783 – 1856

Chartist Ancestors thomas attwood

Thomas Attwood was the founder of the Birmingham Political Union, a hero of the campaign for the 1832 Reform Act

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