William Huskisson (1770–1830)

John Gibson (1790–1866), William Huskisson (1770–1830), marble sculpture, London, undated, photographer: James Gray; source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamHuskissonPimlicoDetail.jpg. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

William Huskisson (1770–1830) was the architect of a significant body of legislation which began to dismantle the mercantilist and protective structure of British commercial policy. Huskisson established commercial policy on a new basis of reciprocity which provided for commercial negotiations between states being characterised by the pursuit of tariff reductions. As such it represented a significant change towards commercial policy in Britain with implications for wider commercial agreements.

John Gibson (1790–1866), William Huskisson (1770–1830), marble sculpture, London, undated, photographer: James Gray; source: Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamHuskissonPimlicoDetail.jpg, Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en.