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Trade
History of Great Britain
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| | 1787 | Clarkson, Thomas | |
| The Quaker members of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade recognise their need for influence within Parliament and urge Clarkson to secure an immediate commitment from Wilberforce that he would bring forward the case for abolition in
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| 1787 | Wilberforce, William | |
| June Wilberforce, compelled by his strong Christian faith, is persuaded to become leader of the parliamentary campaign of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
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| 1841 | Peel, Robert | |
| 6th Sep Believes without free trade there could be civil disorder
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| 6th Sep Campaigns on the issue of Free Trade to become Prime Minister
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| 6th Sep Stanley resigns over Peel's Free Trade Policy, Peel's only casualty
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| 1846 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Leaves the Tory Party with the Peelites in defense of free trade
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| 1903 | Balfour, Arthur James | |
| Chamberlain campaigns for Imperial Preference & provokes Conservative free traders
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| 1903 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Supports Free Trade & opposes Chamberlain's policy of Imperial Preference
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| 1903 | Mowatt, Francis | |
| Supports Free Trade & opposes Chamberlain's policy of Imperial Preference
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| 1904 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Supports free trade with the Liberals as an independent MP
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