
1752–1793
Lord George Gordon (26 December 1751 â 1 November 1793) was a British nobleman and politician best known for lending his name to the Gordon Riots of 1780.
Lord George Gordon (26 December 1751 â 1 November 1793) was a British nobleman and politician best known for lending his name to the Gordon Riots of 1780. An eccentric and flighty personality, he was born into the Scottish nobility and sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780. His life ended after a number of controversies, notably one surrounding his conversion to Judaism, for which he was ostracised. He died in Newgate Prison.
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Charles Hall (1740â1825) was a British physician, social critic and Ricardian socialist who published The Effects of Civilization on the People in European States in 1805, condemning capitalism for its inability to provide for the poor.
George Morland (26 June 1763 â 29 October 1804) was an English painter.
Robert Lloyd (1733â1764) was an English poet and satirist. Lloyd was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A.
John Jacob Van Arsdale (1756 â 1836) was an American Revolutionary War soldier, noted for his legendary participation in the Evacuation Day flag-raising in 1783.
Captain Charles Clerke RN (22 August 1741 â 22 August 1779) was an officer in the Royal Navy who sailed on four voyages of exploration (including three circumnavigations), three with Captain James Cook.
Thomas Bambridge (died 1741) was a British attorney who became a notorious warden of the Fleet Prison in London. Bambridge became warden of the Fleet in 1728.