Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Chartist Tiverton
The Chartists were a radical group of self-organised workers and artisans in 19th Century Britain, who put forward a 'peoples charter' to change the Country. You can look up more information about them generally on the web.
In Tiverton the Chartist movement was very strong, it grew on the back of the movements that went before it in the Town and the strong tradition of working class self-organisation which had started with the non-conformists, as well as the woolcombers and the weavers.
At the height of the movement in the 1840's, the Chartists stood a Parliamentary Candidate in Tiverton against Palmerston, the well know Chartist leader George Julian Harney.
Tiverton's leading Chartist at that time was one William Rowcliffe, who was a Butcher and nominated Harney as Parliamentary Candidate. Other Chartists mentioned by name in various publications are:
Mr Burgess - Shoemaker, seconder of Harney in the Poll.
Mr Norman - Draper, Put Harney up at his house in Fore Street, Harney spoke from his window.
Henry Land - Employee of Heathcoat's, Prospect Place, was a representative of O'Connor's 'Land Company'
T M Wheeler - Delegate from Exeter & Tiverton to 1851 Chartist Convention in London.
Mr Wilkinson - Ex-Mayor of Exeter – who spoke in support of Harney during his campaign in Tiverton.
I would be very interested to hear from anyone with any connections to any of these individuals, or who has any information about any of them.
In Tiverton the Chartist movement was very strong, it grew on the back of the movements that went before it in the Town and the strong tradition of working class self-organisation which had started with the non-conformists, as well as the woolcombers and the weavers.
At the height of the movement in the 1840's, the Chartists stood a Parliamentary Candidate in Tiverton against Palmerston, the well know Chartist leader George Julian Harney.
Tiverton's leading Chartist at that time was one William Rowcliffe, who was a Butcher and nominated Harney as Parliamentary Candidate. Other Chartists mentioned by name in various publications are:
Mr Burgess - Shoemaker, seconder of Harney in the Poll.
Mr Norman - Draper, Put Harney up at his house in Fore Street, Harney spoke from his window.
Henry Land - Employee of Heathcoat's, Prospect Place, was a representative of O'Connor's 'Land Company'
T M Wheeler - Delegate from Exeter & Tiverton to 1851 Chartist Convention in London.
Mr Wilkinson - Ex-Mayor of Exeter – who spoke in support of Harney during his campaign in Tiverton.
I would be very interested to hear from anyone with any connections to any of these individuals, or who has any information about any of them.
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"The other volume of special interest is THE POLITICAL WORKS OF THOMAS PAINE 21 published by T.M. Wheeler at the office of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society."
Quote from Thomas Paine Collection on the Working Class Movement Library http://www.wcml.org.uk/holdings/tom_paine_coll.htm It seems that the TM Wheeler who represented Exeter & Tiverton at the Chartist Convention in 1851 had been something of a National Figure - was he from this area, or did he move here? Did he live in Tiverton?
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Quote from Thomas Paine Collection on the Working Class Movement Library http://www.wcml.org.uk/holdings/tom_paine_coll.htm It seems that the TM Wheeler who represented Exeter & Tiverton at the Chartist Convention in 1851 had been something of a National Figure - was he from this area, or did he move here? Did he live in Tiverton?
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