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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Lord-George-GordonLord George Gordon | Protestant agitator, Anti-Catholicism ...

    5 days ago · Learn about Lord George Gordon, an English lord who led the anti-Catholic riots in London in 1780. Find out his biography, role, and fate in this article from Britannica.

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  3. byronsociety.org › byron-a-life-in-motionByron: A Life in Motion at NYPL – The Byron Society of America

    2 days ago · Discover the Fascinating Life of Lord Byron at NYPL’s New Exhibit. The New York Public Library (NYPL) presents “Byron: A Life in Motion,” a captivating exhibition that delves into the extraordinary life of George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824). Through January 12, 2025

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lord_ByronLord Byron - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · Lord Byron. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer. [1][2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3][4][5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of British poets. [6]

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Charles_George_GordonCharles George Gordon - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · Major-General Charles George Gordon CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army.

  7. www.british-history.ac.uk › old-new-london › vol2The Fleet Prison - British History Online

    4 days ago · The Fleet was one of the prisons burnt by the insane rioters of Lord George Gordon's mob, in 1780. The polite rioters sent a notice the night before that the work must be done, but delayed it some hours, at the request of their restricted friends.

  8. www.british-history.ac.uk › old-new-london › vol1Introduction - British History Online

    4 days ago · From Lord William Russell and Algernon Sydney we come down in the chronicle of suffering to the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745; from them to Wilkes, Lord George Gordon, Burdett, and, last of all the Tower prisoners, to the infamous Thistlewood.

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  10. www.britannica.com › place › United-KingdomUnited Kingdom - Britain from 1754 to 1783 | Britannica

    2 days ago · A movement to repeal the Catholic Relief Act of 1778, the Protestant Association, started in Scotland under the leadership of an unstable individual called Lord George Gordon. The movement reached London and exploded there in riots that lasted for eight days.