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Gordon while head of the Protestant Association. Lord George Gordon (26 December 1751 – 1 November 1793) was a British 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.
Lord George Gordon, head of the Protestant Association, argued that the law would enable Catholics to join the British Army and plot treason. The protest led to widespread rioting and looting, including attacks on Newgate Prison and the Bank of England [1] [2] [3] and was the most destructive in the history of London.
- 2–9 June 1780
- 300–700
4 de jun. de 2021 · It was the morning of June 7 th, 1780. In parts of London the embers were still smouldering from a night of feral tumult. Lord George Gordon was en-route to St James Palace hoping to seek an audience with the King. Tradition permitted that as the son of a duke it was his divine right to be allowed this request.
Los disturbios de Gordon (en inglés: Gordon Riots) de 1780 comenzaron como una protesta anticatólica en Londres contra la Ley de Papistas de 1778, que tenía por objeto reducir la discriminación oficial contra los católicos británicos. La protesta derivó en disturbios y saqueos.
- 2—9 de junio de 1780
Lord George Gordon (born Dec. 26, 1751, London, Eng.—died Nov. 1, 1793, London) was an English lord and instigator of the anti-Catholic Gordon riots in London (1780). The third and youngest son of the 3rd Duke of Gordon, he was educated at Eton and entered the British navy, rising to the rank of lieutenant in 1772.
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11 de jun. de 2018 · History. Modern Europe. British and Irish History. Gordon Riots 1780. views 2,488,897 updated Jun 11 2018. GORDON RIOTS. The Gordon Riots occurred in June 1780, beginning as an anti-Catholic demonstration and ending in mob violence that terrorized London for ten days.
1780. Learn about this topic in these articles: history of United Kingdom. But the Gordon Riots of June 1780 made it certain that they would not be. In 1778 Parliament had made minor concessions to British Roman Catholics, who were excluded from civil rights.
