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John Wilkes: the Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty
John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty ARTHUR H. CASH John Wilkes THE SCANDALOUS FATHER OF CIVIL LIBERTY Yale University Press New Haven & London Published with assistance from the Annie Burr Lewis Fund and from the foundation established in memory of Philip Hamilton McMillan of the Class of 1894, Yale College. Copyright ∫ 2006 by Arthur H. Cash All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Set in Sabon type by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cash, Arthur H. (Arthur Hill), 1922– John Wilkes : the scandalous father of civil liberty / Arthur H. Cash. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. isbn-13: 978-0-300-10871-2 (alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-300-10871-0 (alk. paper) 1. Wilkes, John, 1727–1797. 2. Great Britain—Politics and government—1760– 1789. 3. Freedom of the press—Great Britain—History—18th century. 4. Civil rights—Great Britain—History—18th century. 5. Politicians—Great Britain— Biography. 6. Journalists—Great Britain—Biography. I. Title. da512.w6c37 2006 941.07%3%092—dc22 2005016633 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. -
American Revolution: Boston Massacre Eyewitness Accounts
AMERICAN REVOLUTION BOSTON MASSACRE "A Short Narrative Of The Horrid Massacre In Boston, Perpetrated In The Evening Of The Fifth Day Of March, 1770. By Soldiers Of The XXIXth Regiment; Which With The XIVth Regiment Were Then Quartered There: With Some Observations On The State Of Things Prior To That Catastrophe." Published: 1770 BACM RESEARCH HTTP://WWW.PAPERLESSARCHIVES.COM CONTENTS A 1770 copy of the publishing of , "A short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day of March, 1770. By soldiers of the XXIXth regiment; which with the XIVth regiment were then quartered there: with some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophe." Published by the Committee to Prepare a Particular Account of the Massacre 1770. Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790; Pemberton, Samuel, 1723-1799; Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775. A Shef NARRATIVE O F The horrid Maflacre in BOSTON, PERPETRATED In the Evening of the Fifth Day of March, 1770; B Y Soldiers of the XXIXth Regiment ; WHICH WITH The XlVth Regiment Were then Quartered there : W"I F-5 OBSERVATIONS , o N '. T H; STATE OF THINGS PRIOR TO THAT CATASTROPHE. Printed by Order of the Town of BOSTON, And Sold by EDES and GILL, in Queen- Street, AndT. &J. FLEET, IB Cornhill, 1770, BOSTON, IE At a Meeting of the Free- holders and other Inhabitants of the Town ^Bofton, duly and qualified legally warned, in publicTo'wn-Meeting afjem- lied at Faneuil-jfo/7, onMon- day the 1 2th D<?y of March, Anno Domini, 1770. TT HAT Article in the Warrant, for calling this Meeting, 'viz. -
City of London Liveryman Franchise
LONDON ELECTORAL HISTORY – STEPS TOWARDS DEMOCRACY 3.3 THE ELECTORAL FRANCHISE IN THE CITY OF LONDON The right of voting in London varied according to the office contested. Such variations had arisen over time and were accepted as historical legacies, even if they were sometimes confusing to contemporaries. The following sections explain the variant elec- toral franchises for: 3.3.1 Common Hall 3.3.2 Wardmote (ward meeting) 3.3.3 London liveryman franchise 3.3.4 London parliamentary elections 3.3.5 Elections for lord mayor of London 3.3.6 Elections for chamberlain of London 3.3.7 Elections for sheriff of London and Middlesex 3.3.1 Common Hall The Common Hall, presided over by the sheriff, had the right of election for Members of Parliament and also for the offices of sheriff, lord mayor, chamberlain, bridge masters, auditors, and aleconners. This franchise, vested in the liverymen of the City’s several livery companies, had no residential qualification. As a result, duly qualified people from outside the municipal area were entitled to return in order to vote. The lord mayor sent a summons to the master of each livery company requiring him to notify the liverymen to attend Guildhall, wearing their livery gowns. The beadle of each company was supposed to prevent anyone not of the livery from attending. 2 LONDON ELECTORAL HISTORY Those not eligible to vote were required to withdraw from Guildhall. That proviso was, however, difficult to enforce absolutely strictly. Indeed, the laughter said to have followed this order provides some evidence that implementation on some occasions was a problem, according to a report in 1837.1 In fact, between 1700 and 1850 all parliamentary general elections for London except those of 1830 and 1831 went to a poll, at which more rigorous criteria were applied. -
Local List of Historic Parks and Gardens December 2008
Local List of Historic Parks and Gardens December 2008 LOCAL LIST OF HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS APPENDIX A: DECEMBER 2008 The maps in this document are reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. London Borough of Croydon. Licence No. 100017680. 2008 1 Local List of Historic Parks and Gardens December 2008 LOCATION OF THE SITES AND WARDS 2 Local List of Historic Parks and Gardens December 2008 ADDISCOMBE RECREATION GROUND (ASHBURTON WARD) Entrances from Northampton Road, Fryston Avenue and Bingham Road Road, Addiscombe, CR0 Local Authority Designations Local Open Land Reason for inclusion on the List: sufficient layout and features evident to reflect design and important in local context as one of Croydon’s early recreation grounds. Description Addiscombe Recreation Ground is a small recreation ground dating from 1911 largely laid to grass and completely surrounded by houses. The land was acquired in 1905 by Croydon Board of Health under the 1875 Public Health Act and was previously farmland, like much of Croydon, until development for housing changed the landscape dramatically from the early twentieth century. The site is shown on Thomas Bainbridge's Map of Croydon of 1800 as two fields belonging to A Adair Esq. It was at one time part of the Ashburton Estate, the country home of the Barings, who were heirs of the Barony of Ashburton. The estate mansion had been situated at the corner of Addiscombe Road and Northampton Road, and the estate farmhouse was also on Addiscombe Road with a farmtrack alongside it known as Love Lane. -
Conceived in Liberty: Volume III: Advance to Revolution
CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY VOLUME HI The Ludwig von Mises Institute dedicates this volume to all of its generous donors, and in particular wishes to thank these Patrons: Gary G. Schlarbaum Mr. & Mrs. Justin G. Bradburn, Jr. Dr. John Brätland John W.T. Dabbs Stephen W Modzelewski Sir John & Lady Dalhoff John W Deming Dr. & Mrs. George G. Eddy James L. Bailey Roger L. Erickson James Bailey Foundation Dr. Larry J. Eshelman Bill D. Brady Bud Evans Brady Industries Harley-Davidson of Reno Jerome Bruni Mr. & Mrs. Walter A. Frantz, III The Jerome V Bruni Foundation Douglas E. French WW Caruth, III Albert L. Hillman, Jr. Barbara Bullitt Christian Donald L Ifland G. Douglas Collins, Jr. Michael L. Keiser Mr. & Mrs. Willard Fischer Jim Kuden Larry R. Gies Arthur L. Loeb Mr. & Mrs. William W Massey, Jr. Roland Manarin Richard Mclnnis Joseph Edward Paul Melville E.H. Morse Robert A. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Victor Niederhoffer James A. O'Connor Niederhoffer Investments, Inc. James O'Neill Mr. &C Mrs. Mason Pearsall Michael Robb Don Printz, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. John Salvador James M. Rodney Conrad Schneiker Mr. & Mrs. Edward Schoppe, Jr. Sheldon Rose Jack DeBar Smith Menlo Smith Sunmark Capital Corp. Mr. & Mrs. Allan R. Spreen Lawrence Van Someren, Sr. William V Stephens Byron L. Stoeser J. Billy VerPlanck Mark M. Adamo Mr. & Mrs. Quinten E. Ward Maurice Brainard Family Trust Dr. Thomas L. Wenck Richard Bleiberg David Westrate John Hamilton Bolstad Betty K. Wolfe Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Bost Walter Wylie CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY VOLUME III ADVANCE TO REVOLUTION, 1760-1775 MURRAY N. -
Polls in City of London Common Hall
LONDON ELECTORAL HISTORY – STEPS TOWARDS DEMOCRACY 8.2 POLLS IN COMMON HALL 8.2.1 Candidates for Lord Mayor of London, 1700-1832: 21 polls Note (1): See section 3.3.5 for details of mayoral elections. Note (2): Two candidates for the mayoralty were elected by the London liverymen in Common Hall: one candidate from the two elected then being chosen by the Aldermen. Note (3): The names of successful candidates are in SMALL CAPITALS and those of unsuccessful candidate in lower case. Table 8.2.1.1 Poll for candidates for Lord Mayor of London, 1 October 1700 Candidate Votes received CHARLES DUNCOMBE 2,752 THOMAS ABNEY 1,919 William Hedges 1,907 Source: LMA COL/CC/01/01/050, fo 341. Table 8.2.1.2 Poll for candidates for Lord Mayor of London, 1 October 1701 Candidate Votes received WILLIAM GORE 2,073 CHARLES DUNCOMBE 1,650 Owen Buckingham 1,380 Samuel Dashwood 1,345 Source: LMA COL/CC/01/01/051, p. 143. 2 LONDON ELECTORAL HISTORY Table 8.2.1.3 Poll for candidates for Lord Mayor of London, 5 October 1710 Candidate Votes received RICHARD BEACHCROFT 5,092 GILBERT HEATHCOTE 2,878 Richard Hoare 2,506 Source: LMA COL/CC/01/01/053, fo 217. Table 8.2.1.4 Poll for candidates for Lord Mayor of London, 3 October 1722 Candidate Votes received Poll Scrutiny GERARD CONYERS 3,217 2,942 PETER DELMÉ 3,172 2,907 George Merttins 1,349 1,242 Francis Forbes 1,334 1,228 Source: Compleat set of St James’s Journals, 4 October 1722; LMA COL/CN/01/01/006, fo 150. -
140CHAIRMAN: Lionel Green DECEMBER 2001
PRESIDENT: J Scott McCracken BA FSA MIFA VICE PRESIDENTS: Viscountess Hanworth, Lionel Green and William Rudd BULLETIN NO. 140CHAIRMAN: Lionel Green DECEMBER 2001 PROGRAMME DECEMBER-MARCH Saturday 1 December 2.30pm Snuff Mill Environmental Centre ‘Reigate Priory’ Like Merton Priory, the one at Reigate was an Augustinian foundation, but its career since the Dissolution has been very different. Audrey Ward, founder of the Reigate Priory School Museum, has published a book about the Priory, and will outline its history in this illustrated lecture. Saturday 26 January 2.30pm Snuff Mill Environmental Centre ‘The Vestments of Westminster Abbey’ Rosemary Turner, of this Society, is also a member of the Guild of St Faith, who restore and conserve the Abbey’s vestments and furnishings, and make new ones when required. Her illustrated talk will describe this important work. Saturday 23 February 2.30pm Snuff Mill Environmental Centre ‘The Great Exhibition of 1851’ Richard Milward of the Wimbledon Society is always a popular speaker. He has recently been researching a landmark event of the 19th century, and we expect an entertaining and informative talk. Illustrated with slides. (The Snuff Mill Centre, in Morden Hall Park, is on bus routes 93,118,157 and 164. Drivers use the garden centre car-park. Take the path across the bridge; go through the gateway and turn right. The Snuff Mill is straight ahead.) Thursday 28 February 7pm Annual Dinner at Morden Hall So successful was the dinner on 28 February 2001 to mark 50 years of the Society that the Committee has decided it should become an annual event.