Researching William Cobbett
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 582 people with the Cobbett surname? In that year Cobbett was ranked number 2997 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Cobbett on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Cobbett and the Cobbett Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 556 people with the Cobbett surname in the UK? Cobbett is now ranked number 3515 for popularity in the UK. |
Cobbett Genealogy Databases
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Cobbett Forums
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William Cobbett
William Cobbett (9 March 1763 – 18 June 1835) was an English pamphleteer, journalist, Member of Parliament and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey, one of a popular agrarian faction seeking to reform Parliament, abolish "rotten boroughs", restrain foreign activity and raise wages, to bring peace and ease poverty among farm labourers and smallholders. He backed lower taxes, saving, reversing commons enclosures and resisting the 1821 gold standard. He sought an end to borough-mongers, sinecurists and bureaucratic "tax-eaters" and stockbrokers, and to Jews in Britain, whom he typecast in a similar way. Early in life he was a soldier and devotee of king and country, but his later radicalism furthered the Reform Act 1832 and gain him one of two seats in Parliament for a new borough of Oldham. He urged Catholic emancipation. He saw British agriculture and other economic output geographically. His polemics range from political reform to religion. His best known book is Rural Rides (1830, in print). He argued against Malthusianism, saying economic betterment could support global population growth.
Source: William Cobbett, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Cobbett
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