Founded | provisionally 1846 |
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Defunct | 1851 |
Fate | Wound up by National Land Company Dissolving Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. cxxxix) |
Successor | Court of Chancery |
Headquarters | London |
Key people | Feargus O'Connor |
The National Land Company was founded as the Chartist Co-operative Land Company in 1845 by the chartist Feargus O'Connor to help working-class people satisfy the landholding requirement to gain a vote in county seats in Great Britain. It was wound up by the National Land Company Dissolving Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. cxxxix).