Joseph Brotherton, 1789-1857, first MP for Salford. The Statue is sited on the Salford bank of the river Irwell, Bridge Street Manchester. Featured in Detective Fiction Novel Tangled Roots set in Manchester, Stockport and Cheshire. Tangled Roots is available :-
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Quote “My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.”
Trevor Burton 