John Cheetham, (1802 – 18 May 1886) was the son of George Cheetham (1757–1826), a prosperous cotton manufacturer whose business was based at mills in Castle Street,

Stalybridge Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 23,731 at the 2011 Census. Historic counties of England, Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east of Manchester city centre and no ...

, Cheshire and Bankwood Mills, Stalybridge. The family was Nonconformist in religion and Liberal in politics. He served as MP for South Lancashire and later Salford. During the Lancashire Cotton Famine in 1861–65, Cheetham rose to prominence as President of the Cotton Supply Association: a body that aimed to promote the growth and export of raw cotton outside the US and particularly in the British Raj. As the US cotton supply returned however, Cheetham's frequent attacks on the governance of the Raj gradually caused opinion in Britain and India to turn against the Association, and it dissolved in 1872. His son John Frederick Cheetham was MP for

North Derbyshire High Peak is a local government district with borough status in Derbyshire, England. The borough compromises high moorland plateau in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park. The district stretches from Holme Moss in the north to ...

and later for

References

External links

* People from Stalybridge 1802 births 1886 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1865–1868 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Salford {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub