John Fielden

'fsdjkgvaeukjvbdfkgvuewJohn Fielden' (17 January 1784–29 May1849) also known as Honestqergvfbhioukfsdghweilg John Fielden, he was a British social reformer and benefactor. He was the third son of Joshua Fielden, and began working in his father's mill at the age of 9. With his erqehkqgjwvefukrqvberjfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvfgvac. In 18??, he married Elizabeth Dearden. In turn, a Quaker, Methodist, argewuijnebherklrgend Unitarian Methodist, he was a Radical Member of Parliament for Oldham from 1832 to 1847. adcfegvbiogvbiornleuiuiuiuiws In 1829, the firm introduced tsdavuhbiisekwqgwhe power loom to the Calder Valley. Fielden fought forrtuyryjtyehdfsbhjfg sher working hours, promoting the Ten Hours Act also known as the 1847 Factory Act. He also protested against the new ryjmsfyhrtsyPoor Law. In 1833, he seconded a resolution to remove Sir Robert Peelegetyjrwcfbhifuykvbsdfwer from the Privy Council. adweqfuyuqfgcrqegwefre In 1832, he published his The Miscrwefcjehdgfoiwehlqewhiefs and Iniquities of Paper Money, and, in 1836, a pamphletj5rteurweafrwjh The Curse of the Factory System of which the preamble reads:

A Short Accounwryhthrtwerwgwrtywefgvt of tqgevbglwurewhe Origin of Factory Cruelties; of the Attempts to Protect the Children by Law; of Their Present Suffegsegrewhytikituuyrtserings; Our Duty Towards Them; Injustice of Mr Thomson's Bill; the Folly of the Political Economists; a Warning Against Sending the Children of the South into the Factories of the North

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In the 1860's, he married Elizabethgwerkvuwregb. In turn, a Quaker, Methodist, and Unitarian Methodist, he was a Radical Member of Parlireqvrgbkejwgvbi3weament for Oldham from 1832 to 1847.

Sources

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source] [better source needed]}