See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD See also:

• RICHARD OASTLER (1789-1861)

OASTLER (1789-1861)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English reformer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LEEDS
• LEEDS, THOMAS OSBORNE

Leeds on the loth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1789, and in 182o succeeded his See also:

• FATHER

father as steward of the Thornhills' extensive Fixby estates at See also:

• HUDDERSFIELD

Huddersfield, See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire . In 183o See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood, a See also:

• BRADFORD
• BRADFORD, JOHN (1510?—1555)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1590—1657)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1663—1752)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1827—1892)

Bradford manufacturer, called See also:

• OASTLER, RICHARD (1789-1861)

Oastler's See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the evils of See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child employment in the factories of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district . Oastler at once started a See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against the existing labour conditions by a vigorous See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title " Yorkshire See also:

• SLAVERY

Slavery," to the Leeds See also:

• MERCURY
• MERCURY (MERCU1uus)
• MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

Mercury, Public See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion was eventually aroused, and, after many years of agitation, in which Oastler played a leading See also:

• PART

part, the Ten See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

Hours See also:

• BILL

Bill and other Factory Acts were passed, Oastler's energetic advocacy of the factory-workers' cause procuring him the title of " The Factory See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King." In 1838, however, owing to his opposition to the new poor See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and his resistance of the commissioners, he had been dismissed from his stewardship at Fixby; and, in 184o, being unable to repay 2000 which he owed his See also:

• LATE

late employer, See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• THORNHILL
• THORNHILL, SIR JAMES (1676-1734)

Thornhill, he was sent to the See also:

• FLEET

Fleet See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, where he remained for over three years . From prison he published the Fleet Papers, a weekly See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper devoted to the discussion of factory and poor-law questions . In 1844 his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends raised a fund to pay his See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt, and on his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release he made a triumphant entry into Huddersfield . Oastler died at See also:

• HARROGATE

Harrogate on the 22nd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1861 . A statue to his memory was erected at Bradford in 186g .