Hunt, Henry

Hunt, Henry

▪ British politician
born November 6, 1773, Upavon, Wiltshire, England
died February 15, 1835, Alresford, Hampshire
 British radical political reformer who gained the nickname “Orator” Hunt for his ubiquitous speechmaking in which he advocated universal suffrage and annual parliaments. Hunt's success as an orator came to national attention when he presided over an assembly of 60,000 people demonstrating for parliamentary reform at St. Peter's Fields, Manchester (August 16, 1819). The attempts to arrest Hunt and other leaders resulted in confusion and violence; about 500 of the unarmed demonstrators were injured, and 11 were killed. The incident became known as the Peterloo Massacre. Hunt was uninjured, but the white hat he wore was staved in by a sword and became the symbol of reform. Peterloo became a potent rallying point of popular radicalism and, later, popular Liberal politics.

      Hunt was arrested in 1820, tried, and imprisoned for two years for his radical views. While in prison he wrote an exposé of conditions in Ilchester Jail, A Peep into Prison. After his release he continued to agitate for popular parliamentary reform, and in 1830 he was elected to Parliament for Preston, Lancashire, a cotton-manufacturing town.

      The reform (Reform Bill) movement in which Hunt had played an important part culminated in the Reform Act of 1832. By extending the franchise and eliminating the so-called “rotten boroughs,” the Act ironically caused Hunt to lose his seat in the election of 1832.

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