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See also:OASTLER, See also:RICHARD (1789-1861) , See also:English reformer, was See also:born at See also:Leeds on the loth of See also:December 1789, and in 182o succeeded his See also:father as steward of the Thornhills' extensive Fixby estates at See also:Huddersfield, See also:Yorkshire. In 183o See also:John See also:Wood, a See also:Bradford manufacturer, called Oastler's See also:attention to the evils of See also:child employment in the factories of the See also:district. Oastler at once started a See also:campaign against the existing labour conditions by a vigorous See also:letter, under the See also:title " Yorkshire See also:Slavery," to the Leeds See also:Mercury, Public See also:opinion was eventually aroused, and, after many years of agitation, in which Oastler played a leading See also:part, the Ten See also:Hours See also:Bill and other Factory Acts were passed, Oastler's energetic advocacy of the factory-workers' cause procuring him the title of " The Factory See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King." In 1838, however, owing to his opposition to the new poor See also:law and his resistance of the commissioners, he had been dismissed from his stewardship at Fixby; and, in 184o, being unable to repay 2000 which he owed his See also:late employer, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Thornhill, he was sent to the See also:Fleet See also:prison, where he remained for over three years. From prison he published the Fleet Papers, a weekly See also:paper devoted to the discussion of factory and poor-law questions. In 1844 his See also:friends raised a fund to pay his See also:debt, and on his See also:release he made a triumphant entry into Huddersfield. Oastler died at See also:Harrogate on the 22nd of See also:August 1861. A statue to his memory was erected at Bradford in 186g.
End of Article: OASTLER, RICHARD (1789-1861)
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