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John Wilkes by Richard Houston (1769)
John Wilkes by Richard Houston (1769)
Lord Bute, Prime Minister between 1762 and 1763, and a major target for Wilkes' paper The North Briton. It angered Wilkes that Bute had displaced Pitt
Lord Bute, Prime Minister between 1762 and 1763, and a major target for Wilkes' paper The North Briton. It angered Wilkes that Bute had displaced Pitt the Elder, and he attacked the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1763).
"John Wilkes Esq; before the Court of King's Bench", engraving from The Gentleman's Magazine for May 1768
"John Wilkes Esq; before the Court of King's Bench", engraving from The Gentleman's Magazine for May 1768
Wilkes' popularity with radicals declined after he led militia to protect the Bank of England during the Gordon Riots in 1780. Wilkes became a support
Wilkes' popularity with radicals declined after he led militia to protect the Bank of England during the Gordon Riots in 1780. Wilkes became a supporter of William Pitt the Younger who became Prime Minister in 1783, and severed most of his former radical connections.
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Irish Classical Radical Thomas Francis Meagher
Irish Classical Radical Thomas Francis Meagher
Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft
Flyer for the Chartist demonstration on Kennington Common, 1848
Flyer for the Chartist demonstration on Kennington Common, 1848