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Born March 28, 1760 • Wisbech • England
Died September 26, 1846 (aged 86) • Ipswich • England
Subjects Of Study slave trade • slavery
William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt, the Younger
prime minister of United Kingdom
George III
George III
king of Great Britain
Charles James Fox
Charles James Fox
British politician
William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce
British politician
George I
George I
king of Great Britain
Baron Grenville, detail of a portrait by John Hoppner; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville
British politician
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope, pastel drawing by Ozias Humphry, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope
British politician and scientist
Eldon, detail of a portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Scott, 1st earl of Eldon
British politician
Sir Philip Francis, detail of an oil painting by J. Lonsdale; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Philip Francis
British politician
Gerard Lake.
Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake
British general
Thomas Fowell Buxton.
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet
British philanthropist and politician
Sturge, detail of a lithograph by M. Gauci after a painting by A. Rippingille, early 19th century
Joseph Sturge
British philanthropist
John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
British politician
Cambridge, Adolphus Frederick, 1st duke of
Adolphus Frederick, 1st duke of Cambridge
British field marshal
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Irish statesman
Andrew Bell
Scottish educator
Sir James Craig
governor general of Canada
Edward Marcus Despard
British military officer
Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston
Canadian governor-general
Sidney Webb
British economist