Lord George Gordon

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Lord George Gordon was an 18th-century British politician and agitator best known for leading the anti-Catholic movement that sparked the violent Gordon Riots in London in 1780.

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instanceOf British politician
human
political activist
associatedWith Penal Laws in Ireland
surface form: Penal Laws against Catholics

anti-Catholic legislation debates
birthDate 1751-12-26
birthPlace London, England
surface form: London
burialPlace Jewish cemetery in London
causeOfDeath typhus
causeOfNotability presentation of a massive anti-Catholic petition to Parliament in 1780
sparked large-scale riots in London in 1780
centuryOfActivity 18th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1793-11-01
deathPlace London, England
surface form: London
endTime 1780
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Gordon
father Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon
genre political agitation
givenName George
hasPartIn history of London riots
history of religious intolerance in Britain
honorificPrefix Lord
knownFor mass mobilization of crowds in London
languageSpoken English
led Protestant Association
legalStatus acquitted of high treason
memberOf House of Commons of Great Britain
mother Lady Catherine Gordon
movement anti-Catholicism
nobleFamily Gordon family
notableEvent Gordon Riots
notableFor leading the Gordon Riots
leading the anti-Catholic movement in Britain
occupation agitator
politician
parliamentaryConstituency Ludgershall
politicalAlignment radical Protestant
positionHeld Member of Parliament
religion Judaism
Protestantism
residence Newgate Prison
sibling Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
significantEvent arrest for high treason after the Gordon Riots
conversion to Judaism
startTime 1774

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Gordon Riots significantPerson Lord George Gordon
Protestant Association leader Lord George Gordon
Protestant Association notableLeader Lord George Gordon
Protestant Association associatedWithPerson Lord George Gordon
Barnaby Rudge character Lord George Gordon