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Burdett, Sir Francis
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A popular member of Parliament, married Sophia, the youngest daughter of Thomas Coutts, a wealthy London banker, and acquired through her a large fortune; becoming M.P., he resolutely opposed the government measures of the day, and got himself into serious trouble; advocated radical measures of reform, many of which have since been adopted; was prosecuted for a libel; fined £1000 for condemning the Peterloo massacre, and imprisoned three months; joined the Conservative party in 1835, and died a member of it (1770-1844).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Burdett, Sir Francis'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/burdett-sir-francis.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Burdett, Sir Francis'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/burdett-sir-francis.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
