Talk:Richard Cobden

message: This encyclopedia entry demonstrates the dangers of relying on single or outdated sources.  It replicates several errors concerning Cobden's early years that probably originated in Henry Ashworth's 1876 book on Cobden and the Anti-Corn Law League.  For instance, Cobden's schooling took place at Bowes Hall in Yorkshire from 1814-19, not Midhurst Grammar School.  According to John Morley's biography (which the original author of this piece cites but had clearly not read properly), Cobden attended a dame school in Midhurst before that date.  Also, Cobden only went to work for Partridge and Price (neither of whom were related to him) after the failure of his uncle's business - the uncle being Richard Ware Cole.  The account of Cobden's association with the Fort brothers is also misleading - Cobden, Sherriff and Gillett had been doing business for them since 1828. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.143.121.26 (talk) 14:09, 4 February 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: This being a wiki, I'd encourage you to edit the article to reflect current  knowledge of Cobden.  We strive to be as up-to-date as possible, but we're only as good as our contributors make us. - Hephaestos 14:11, 4 February 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Errors

message: There is a short article in The Economist about him - unfortunately, it is pay per view, so I am not sure if we should add this to the external links section? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 19:53, 12 June 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Article in The Economist

message: Was Cobden Knighted? I've seen him styled Sir Richard before, yet in this article it doesn't mention it. It might just be a family legend, come to think of it... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.12.234.51 (talk) 19:28, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Knighted?

message: The article doesn't seem to mention him being a councillor (though he was a member of the privy council, which is different) though the article is in the category of Manchester councillors. The category is for "Local elected councillors, past and present, serving on the 'Manchester City Council'". Should he be removed from this category? Thanks. Thegraham 09:40, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Was he a councillor?

message: It is possible to read the whole of this section, and still not know what the Corn Laws debate was about in the first place. As Cobden is so strongly identified with this debate, I feel that the issues ought to be set out with particular clarity. Valetude (talk) 19:18, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corn Laws 

message: Under 'First steps in politics', it says 'Some of his first attempts in public speaking were at meetings... to advocate the establishment of British schools.' What does this mean? Valetude (talk) 18:17, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  'British schools'? 

message: It would be useful if the infobox recognised Richard Cobden's office as a member of Parliament (e.g. Infobox Politician). This would then be more consistent with other entries for former M.P.'s. Fgtbell (talk) 08:07, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: He believed in superior and inferior races. See PAGE 200:
Bibliographic information
Title	Reminiscences of Richard Cobden
Authors	Julie Salis-Schwabe, Richard Cobden
Editors	Julie Salis-Schwabe, Salis Schwabe
Compiled by	Julie Salis-Schwabe, Salis Schwabe
Publisher	T. F. Unwin, 1895
LINK: 
--Creator Edition (talk) 13:01, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Richard Cobden had racist views