Ambrose Cuddon

Ambrose Cuddon
Born	1790 (1790)
Died	1879 (aged 88–89)
Known for	First person in England to describe oneself as an anarchist
Movement	Anarchism Chartism Owenism Radicalism

Ambrose Cuddon (1790–1879) was an English anarchist, among the first in the country. Cuddon was a Chartist and influenced by Robert Owen, combining the views of the Owenites with those of William Godwin. He published Cosmopolitan Review, the first English anarchist periodical.^[1][2]

Biography

Ambrose Cuddon was born in 1790 in Bungay, Suffolk, England.^[3]

Works

Books

• The exposer exposed, in an answer to the author of a book, called "A complete exposure of the late Irish miracles / by a Catholic Englishman : To which is added, A reply to the Edinburgh reviewers on the same subject : Concluding with a letter from the Rev. Prince Hohenlohe (1824)^[4]

Books (edited)

• The Inherent Evils of All State Governments Demonstrated (1858) – A Vindication of Natural Society by Edmund Burke; edited with an appendix by Cuddon.

Pamphlets

• Programme of the Rational Reformers (1853)

References

1. "Editorial: Why Cuddon's". Cuddon's Cosmopolitan Review. Vol. 1, no. 1. London. 13 April 1965. p. 8. Retrieved 30 January 2026 – via libcom.org.
2. Diniejko, Dr Andrzej (7 April 2023). "Roots and Strands of Anarchism in Late Victorian Britain". Victorian Web. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
3. Draper, Christopher (January 2018). "The First English Anarchist?". Kate Sharpley Library. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
4. "The exposer exposed, in an answer to the author of a book, called "A complete exposure of the late Irish miracles / by a Catholic Englishman : To which is added, A reply to the Edinburgh reviewers on the same subject : Concluding with a letter from the Rev. Prince Hohenlohe". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 January 2026.