Peace Society
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The Peace Society' orInternational Peace Society, originally known as the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace, was a society founded on 14 June 1816 for the promotion of permanent and universal peace; it advocated a gradual, proportionate, and simultaneous disarmament of all nations and the principle of arbitration.
In 1930 it merged with the International Christian Peace Fellowship and was renamed the International Peace Society. At some time thereafter it became defunct.
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[edit] Members
- William Allen- Quaker philanthropist; founding member
- John Bright - Quaker politician
- Richard Cobden
- W. Evans Darby - Secretary from 1885-1915
- Herbert Dunnico - Secretary from 1915-?
- Joseph Pease - Quaker politician; President from 1860-1872
- Evan Rees (?-1821) - Secretary
- Henry Richard - Congregational pastor and politician; Secretary from 1848-1885
- Joseph Sturge - Quaker abolitionist; founded the Birmingham Auxiliary
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This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
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