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Croker, John Wilson
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A politician and man of letters, born in Galway, though of English descent; bred for the bar; wrote in advocacy of Catholic emancipation; represented Downpatrick in Parliament; was in 1809 appointed Secretary to the Admiralty, a post he held for 20 years; was one of the founders of the Quarterly Review , to which, it is said, he contributed 200 articles; edited Boswell's "Life of Johnson" with Notes; was an obstinate Tory, satirised by Disraeli and severely handled by Macaulay; founded the Athenæum Club (1780-1857).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Croker, John Wilson'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/croker-john-wilson.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Croker, John Wilson'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/croker-john-wilson.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
