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Hace 4 días · Collision with person on track. Parkside: William Huskisson was fatally wounded at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway when he was hit by Stephenson's Rocket. [3] [4] [5] Huskisson is often reported as the first railway fatality, including in ordinarily reliable sources. [6]
Hace 3 días · In December last year, Ms Wilkinson's gravestone was found to be broken and desecrated. There were fears that memorials to prominent city figures were being deliberately targeted by vandals, with damage also done to the mausoleum of former Liverpool MP William Huskisson - also in St James' Cemetery.
Hace 4 días · Huskisson [ha’skison], William, engelsk statsman (1770—1830). Uppfostrades i Paris, återkom 1792 till England, blev 1795 under-statssekr. i krigsministeriet och var från 1796 till sin död medlem av parlamentet. H. avgick 1801 med Pitt, var skattkammarsek-reterare 1804—06 i
Hace 2 días · Financial reform, led by William Huskisson and Peel, rationalised the tariff system, and culminated in the great repeal of the tariffs on imported grain in 1846, much to the dismay of grain farmers. The 1846 repeal of the Corn Laws established free trade as the basic principle by which British merchants came to dominate the globe, and brought cheap food to British workers.
Hace 1 día · The Tories were accused of hypocrisy after pushing for police to probe deputy Labour leader Ms Angela Rayner over a £48,000 profit she made selling a former council house
Hace 2 días · The more liberal wing of the Tory government made some ground, with George Canning becoming Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons, William Huskisson advocating and applying the doctrines of free trade, and Catholic emancipation emerging as an open question.
Hace 19 horas · A former Meta director has said he doesn’t think the tech giant cares if more young lives are lost due to posts on its social media platforms.. Whistleblower Arturo Bejar said the Facebook ...
