GORDON RIOTS

Domain	Definition
Literature	Gordon Riots Riots in 1780, headed by Lord George Gordon, to compel the House of Commons to repeal the bill passed in 1778 for the relief of Roman Catholics. Gordon was undoubtedly of unsound mind, and he died in 1793, a proselyte to Judaism. Dickens has given a very vivid description of the Gordon riots in Barnaby Rudge. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Gordon riots

The Gordon riots were a Protestant religious uprising against the Roman Catholic Relief Act, 1778, which was intended to emancipate the many Roman Catholics in England at the time. Led by Lord George Gordon, a crowd of c. 50,000 marched on the Houses of Parliament demanding the repeal of the legislation on July 2 1780. The demonstration quickly deteriorated into a riot, and severe destruction was inflicted on Catholic buildings as well as the Bank of England, Newgate Prison and Fleet Prison.

The army was called out on July 7 and 285 rioters were killed. Gordon was arrested and charged with high treason but was found not guilty.

The riots are described graphically at second-hand by Charles Dickens in his novel Barnaby Rudge.

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