Bright, John, (1811-1889), politician

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Surname:	Bright
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Date:	1811-1889
Places:	Rochdale, Lancashire
Biography:	ODNB link for Bright, John (1811-1889), politician
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P128130 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P3521 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for John Bright

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1841-88: corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 43383-92	See HMC Papers of British cabinet ministers 1782-1900, 1982
2	1841-87: corresp and papers (c200 items)	Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College		See NUC MS 71-426
3	1825-1884: speeches and notes; diaries and notebooks; letters to family and others incl Richard Cobden, Charles Pelham Villiers, William Gladstone, C P Villiers and Charles Sumner	Alfred Gillett Trust (C & J Clark Ltd)	JB	NRA 44962
4	1837-42: letters (13) to William Bright	Lancashire Archives	DDX 672	NRA 16895 Bright
5	1837-65: letters from Richard Cobden	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 43449-52
6	1838-1916: photographs, family corresp and other letters to Elizabeth Priestman Bright, Richard Cobden and Lilian Bright Roth	Alfred Gillett Trust (C & J Clark Ltd)	MIL	NRA 44962
7	1840-1885: photographs	Alfred Gillett Trust (C & J Clark Ltd)	WN	NRA 44962
8	1840-88: misc papers	Duke University: William R Perkins Library	18E	NRA 24150 Bright
9	1841-70: letters (317) to George Wilson	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M20	NRA 18684 Bright
10	1843: letters to John Henderson	Durham University Library and Collections		See Accessions to Repositories 1972
11	1846-1891: letters to Margaret Clark Gillett and Margaret Elizabeth Leatham	Alfred Gillett Trust (C & J Clark Ltd)	MCG	NRA 44962
12	1846-89: letters to JB Smith	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	S330-S345	NRA 18683 Smith
13	1847-78: letters (821) to Margaret Bright	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS OGDEN 65	See Guide 1984
14	1850-69: corresp with Lord John Russell	The National Archives	PRO30/22
15	1850-78: letters to William Hargreaves	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 62079
16	1850-88: misc corresp (c20 items)	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM668	NRA 33764
17	1852-53: letters to Benjamin Disraeli	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Disraeli	NRA 842 Disraeli
18	1853-69: letters (18) to Charles Wilson	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 60539
19	1853-81: letters (16) to Lord Houghton	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library		See HMC corresp file 19/2/1987
20	1853-87: corresp with WE Gladstone	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 44112-13
21	1858-84: letters to Richard Congreve	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 45241
22	1861-74: letters (18) to Thomas Thomasson	Duke University: William R Perkins Library		See Guide 1980, p568
23	1861-88: corresp with WH Northy	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 44877
24	1862-86: letters (18) to RW Dale	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	RWD	NRA 13202 Dale
25	1862-86: letters to Lord Mclaren	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc 7676 7726 7750 7824 7841-43 7930 8346	NRA 29194 Rutherfurd
26	1862-88: misc corresp (18 items)	Rochdale Local Studies and Archive	672
27	1863-76: letters to TB Potter	Manchester Archives and Local Studies		NRA 13262 Manchester
28	1864-85: letters (90) to JE Thorold Rogers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	pp10-15	NRA 12396 Rogers
29	1868-71: letters (33) to Henry Calcraft	Dorset History Centre	D/RWR	NRA 20474
30	1868-76: letters to GJ Holyoake	Co-operative Heritage Trust Archive	MM/96636/1-12	NRA 16403 Holyoake
31	1868: letter to Lord Cranbrook	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 62537
32	1869-1874: corresp with Lord Granville	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Former ref PRO30/29
33	1872: letter to H.Y. Thompson	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 63520
34	1872-88: letters to William Harris	Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service	MS1306	NRA 32239 Harris
35	1873-85: letters to Lord Kimberley	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng a 2013-14, b 2047-49, c 3933-4514, d 2439-92, e 2790-97	NRA 1274 Wodehouse
36	1873-87: corresp with Joseph Chamberlain	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	JC	NRA 12604 Chamberlain
37	1878: letter to Arthur Hargreave	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 62079
38	1882-1886: letters to Francis Schnadhorst	Alfred Gillett Trust (C & J Clark Ltd)	ACC2013/A/47	NRA 44962
39	corresp with Richard Cobden	West Sussex Record Office	Cobden papers	NRA 10616 Cobden
40	letters to Joseph Cowen	Tyne and Wear Archives	DF.COW	NRA 30700
41	corresp with Edward Ellice	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 15006	NRA 883 See NRA(S)1968
42	letters to Charles Sturge	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 64130
43	letters (50)	Princeton University Library		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
44	misc letters	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	LAdd	NRA 13481 Birmingham
45	misc letters	Religious Society of Friends Library		NRA 20017 Friends register
46	1843-1888: letters (77)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89335

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Clark, Helen Priestman Bright, (1840-1927), social reformer	daughter of John Bright		Family
2	McLaren, Priscilla Bright, (1815-1906), social reformer	sister of John Bright		Family