Arthur Beardmore
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Arthur Beardmore was an English radical lawyer and a friend on John Wilkes
.
Beardmore was an editor of the Monitor. On 6 November 1762 the Secretary of State for the Southern Department
, Lord Halifax
, issued warrants for the arrest of Beardmore. He was arrested on 11 November for publishing an article on the Princess Dowager
and Lord Bute
. He made sure he was arrested when he was teaching his son the Magna Carta
, an act which was commemorated in a popular print in 1764 after he won £1,000 in damages in May of that year.
John Wilkes
John Wilkes was an English radical, journalist and politician.He was first elected Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of voters—rather than the House of Commons—to determine their representatives...
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Beardmore was an editor of the Monitor. On 6 November 1762 the Secretary of State for the Southern Department
Secretary of State for the Southern Department
The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a position in the cabinet of the government of Kingdom of Great Britain up to 1782.Before 1782, the responsibilities of the two British Secretaries of State were divided not based on the principles of modern ministerial divisions, but...
, Lord Halifax
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, KG, PC was a British statesman of the Georgian era.-Early life:...
, issued warrants for the arrest of Beardmore. He was arrested on 11 November for publishing an article on the Princess Dowager
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was Princess of Wales between 1736 and 1751, and Dowager Princess of Wales thereafter. She was one of only three Princesses of Wales who never became queen consort...
and Lord Bute
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute KG, PC , styled Lord Mount Stuart before 1723, was a Scottish nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain under George III, and was arguably the last important favourite in British politics...
. He made sure he was arrested when he was teaching his son the Magna Carta
Magna Carta
Magna Carta is an English charter, originally issued in the year 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions, which included the most direct challenges to the monarch's authority to date. The charter first passed into law in 1225...
, an act which was commemorated in a popular print in 1764 after he won £1,000 in damages in May of that year.