English social reformer Richard Oastler, 1789 – 1861, was given this nickname.
The Factory King
The Saint of Whitechapel
Prince of Paupers
Richard I of the Slums
The Factory King. While incarcerated in Fleet Prison as a debtor, he wrote the three-volume "Fleet Papers." He fought against child labor in factories and sought to reduce working hours to 10 a day.