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Rioters attacking
Newgate Gaol, 6 June 1780, during the Gordon Riots. A contemporary
engraving.
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The Gordon Riots took their name from Lord George Gordon, third son
of the third Duke of Gordon and leader of anti-Catholic elements in
England and Scotland, who touched off the riots by leading a
demonstration to demand that Parliament repeal the Catholic Relief
Act (18 George III, c. 60) of 1778. This act had repealed some of
the constraints on Catholics – such as …
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