Entries for the tag ‘Hunt, Henry (1773-1835)’
Radical speaker, pioneer of working-class radicalism, important influence on the later Chartist movement; advocated parliamentary reform and the repeal of the Corn Laws, first MP to call for female suffrage. 
- 3 December 1816: A revolutionary bread riot is averted at Sheffield
- 16 August 1819: James Lees of Saddleworth (WR/GM) attends a public meeting in favour of male suffrage at St Peter’s Square, Manchester – Peterloo
- 20 September 1819: Flags and fasces at a procession from Briggate to Hunslet Moor to protest the Peterloo Massacre
- 3 January 1820: Following Peterloo, the Rev Sydney Smith (Foston, Ryedale) tell the Whig Edward Davenport that literacy and the populist press make parliamentary reform inevitable
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