About John Shuttleworth
Lived 1786 – 1864 (aged 77–78). John Shuttleworth was a businessperson.
John Shuttleworth (1786 – 26 April 1864) was an English political activist and campaigner for parliamentary reform in nineteenth century Manchester.
Life Shuttleworth was born in Manchester. He became a cotton dealer there, and was for a time a business partner of John Edward Taylor.
In 1814 Shuttleworth was a supporter of the Lancasterian school in Manchester; and in 1815 he spoke against the Corn Laws in the year of their introduction at a Manchester meeting.
In 1821 Shuttleworth provided support to Rowland Detrosier, finding him work in the factory of the cotton spinner Benjamin Naylor.
He was elected to membership of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on 30 October 1835
Shuttleworth was a Unitarian, a member of the Cross Street Chapel congregation of William Gaskell.
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British businessman
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John Shuttleworth was born in 1786.
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John Shuttleworth died on 26 April 1864.
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John Shuttleworth was a businessperson.
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