John Wilkes
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title:
John Wilkes
text:
John Wilkes was an English radical journalist and politician, as well as a magistrate, essayist and soldier. He was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters – rather than the House of Commons – to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the Massacre of St George's Fields. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to pub
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English radical, journalist, and politician (1725–1797)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkes
date created:
2002-12-28T23:09:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T15:00:41Z
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