Sunday, 14 April 2013
116 Joseph Crook
Constituency : Bolton 1852-61
Joseph was another Lancashire cotton manufacturer. He was a member of the Anti-Corn Law League. Once in Parliament he introduced a private member's bill in 1860 to improve the pay and conditions of women working in the dyeing and bleaching industry.
Joseph was a Unitarian Radical who supported the Bolton Education League and the association for the founding of nondenominational schools. He was a pacifist and wanted reductions in military expenditure. He supported the ballot and parliamentary reform ( he attracted criticism for supporting Derby's bill in 1859). He attracted the nickname of "the self acting mule".
Joseph resigned in 1861 for commercial reasons as he had to find alternative cotton supplies as a result of the American Civil War.
He died in 1884 at the age of 75.
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