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See also:STURGE, See also:JOSEPH (1793-1859) , See also:English philanthropist and politician, was the son of a See also:farmer in See also:Gloucestershire. He was a member of the Society of See also:Friends, and refused, in his business as a See also:corn See also:factor, to See also:deal in See also:grain used in the manufacture of See also:spirits. He went to See also:Birmingham in 1822, where he became an See also:alderman in 1835. He was an active member of the See also:Anti-See also:Slavery Society, and made a tour in the See also:West Indies, See also:publishing on his return an See also:account of slavery as he there saw it in The West Indies in 1837 (See also:London, 1837). After the abolition of slavery, to which, as See also:Lord See also:Brougham acknowledged in the See also:House of Lords, he had largely contributed, Sturge started and generously supported schemes for benefiting the liberated negroes. In 1841 he travelled in the See also:United States with the poet See also:Whittier to examine the slavery question there. On his return to See also:England he gave his support to the Chartist See also:movement, and in 1842 wascandidate for See also:Nottingham, but was defeated by See also:John See also:Walter, the proprietor of The Times. He then took up the cause of See also:peace and See also:arbitration, to support which he was influential in the See also:founding of the See also:Morning See also:Star in 1855. The extreme narrowness of Sturge's views was shown in his opposition to the See also:building of the Birmingham See also:town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall on account of his conscientious objection to the performance of sacred See also:oratorio. He died at Birmingham on the 14th of May 1859. He married, first, in 1834, Eliza, daughter' of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Cropper; and, secondly, in 1846, Hannah, daughter of See also:Barnard See also:Dickinson.
See See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Richard, See also:Memoirs of Joseph Sturge (London, 1864) ; John (See also:Viscount) See also:Morley, See also:Life of Richard See also:Cobden (London, 1881).
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