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Free Trade

Great Britain · Politics / Liberal Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1846–1904Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1846

William Ewart Gladstone1846

Politics / Liberal Party

Leaves the Tory Party with the Peelites in defense of free trade

1904

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill1904

Politics / Liberal Party

Supports free trade with the Liberals as an independent MP

Names involved

William Ewart GladstoneWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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