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1811 – 1889John Bright (1811-1889)Died 27 March 1889, aged 77Bright was a British Radical and Liberal statesman who campaigned for free trade and electoral reform, co-founding the Anti-Corn Law League. He served in several Liberal cabinets under William Gladstone.