John Shuttleworth (industrialist)
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.[1]
In 1814 Shuttleworth was a supporter of the
Manchester Guardian was founded in 1821, and in 1823 Taylor gave up his partnership with Shuttleworth, dealing in cotton, twist and weft, to become its full-time editor. In 1824 the Circle took control of the Manchester Gazette, with Prentice becoming its editor. In 1828 Prentice and the Circle's vehicle shifted to the Manchester Times.[2]
In 1821 Shuttleworth provided support to Rowland Detrosier, finding him work in the factory of the cotton spinner Benjamin Naylor.[3]
Shuttleworth was a Unitarian, a member of the Cross Street Chapel congregation of William Gaskell.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b Read, Donald (1958). Peterloo The Massacre and its Background. Manchester University Press. p. 59.
- JSTOR 24421096
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7559. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ISBN 978-0-7190-6771-6.
External links
- "John Shuttleworth". Spartacus Educational. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
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