Comments on: ‘Not voting at all’: the election of an imprisoned MP in 1769 https://historyofparliament.com/2024/03/07/election-of-imprisoned-mp-1769/ Articles and research from the History of Parliament Trust Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:10:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Breaking the Political Mould: a new 18th-century political party – The History of Parliament https://historyofparliament.com/2024/03/07/election-of-imprisoned-mp-1769/comment-page-1/#comment-35554 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 07:02:09 +0000 https://historyofparliament.com/?p=12847#comment-35554 […] to fight the general election that year. He had then surrendered himself to the courts and been imprisoned following his earlier convictions for libel. One of his reasons for quitting the continent had been […]

]]> By: Tory to Whig and back again – The History of Parliament https://historyofparliament.com/2024/03/07/election-of-imprisoned-mp-1769/comment-page-1/#comment-35516 Wed, 05 Jun 2024 11:05:24 +0000 https://historyofparliament.com/?p=12847#comment-35516 […] One of the most rumbustious figures to emerge from some of those associated with the patriots was John Wilkes. Having started out as a fairly typical minor member of a Whig faction led by Earl Temple, he […]

]]> By: Benjamin Franklin and the state of Britain in the time of Wilkes – The History of Parliament https://historyofparliament.com/2024/03/07/election-of-imprisoned-mp-1769/comment-page-1/#comment-35480 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 06:31:52 +0000 https://historyofparliament.com/?p=12847#comment-35480 […] in detail the violence of the contests – in particular that surrounding the Middlesex election, where Wilkes had stood and won in spite of still being an outlaw. Franklin commented on […]

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