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Feargus Edward O'Connor (18 July 1796 – 30 August 1855) was an Irish Chartist leader and advocate of the Land Plan, which sought to provide smallholdings for the labouring classes. A highly charismatic figure, O'Connor was admired for his energy and oratory, but was criticised for alleged egotism.
Learn about Feargus O'Connor, a radical politician who campaigned for Irish rights and democratic reform in England. He was the first and only Chartist MP and founded the National Land Company.
Feargus Edward O’Connor (born c. July 18, 1796, Connorville, County Cork, Ire.—died Aug. 30, 1855, London) was a prominent Chartist leader who succeeded in making Chartism the first specifically working class national movement in Great Britain.
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Fergus O'Connor (1796?–1855) was a radical politician who campaigned for repeal of the union and the charter in Ireland and Britain. He was a flamboyant speaker, a prolific writer, and a controversial figure in both countries.
Donald Read describes how, during the 1830s and 1840s an Irishman, claiming royal descent, became the hero of British working men in the Chartist campaign for universal suffrage and equal Parliamentary representation.
17. März 2022 · Learn about the life and legacy of Feargus O'Connor, the Irish-born leader of the Chartists, the first mass working-class movement in the world. Discover how he fought for democracy, republicanism, and workers' rights in Britain and Ireland.
(1794–1855). Chartist. An Irish barrister, O'Connor was MP (and follower of Daniel O'Connell) for Cork in 1832 and for Nottingham (as a chartist) in 1847. He was the greatest of the chartist leaders, and for ten years was head of the movement.
