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- 1957 (Accumulation)
- 1796 (Publication)
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Extent and medium
, 1 volume
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Biographical history
TOOKE, JOHN HORNE, third son of John Horne, Newport Street, Westminster, poulterer, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); b. 25 Jun 1736; at school in 1744 (DNB); at Eton Coll. 1746-53; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 12 Jan 1753/4, matr. Mich. 1754, scholar; BA 1758; MA 1771; adm. Inner Temple 9 Nov 1756, left 9 Feb 1759; Usher at a school at Blackheath; ordained deacon (Canterbury) 23 Sep 1759, priest (Salisbury) 23 Nov 1760; Perpetual Curate of St. Lawrence, New Brentford, Middlesex 26 Sep 1760-73; author of pamphlet, The Petition of an Englishman, 1765, violently defending John Wilkes; supported Wilkes at Middlesex election 1768; fined £400 by Lord Mansfield for libelling George Onslow, but the verdict was set aside on appeal 17 Apr 1771; formedthe Society for supporting the Bill of Rights 1771; quarrelled with Wilkes and formed the Constitutional Society 1771; became unpopular and burnt in effigy by the mob Jul 1771; resigned living 1773; summoned to bar of House of Commons for a violent attack on the Speaker in the Public Advertiser 1774; fined and imprisoned for publishing in the newspapers an appeal for subscriptions for the American colonists 1778; wished to resume legal career, but was refused call to the bar 8 Jun 1779, on the ground that he was still in holy orders; joined Society for Constitutional Information 1780; assumed additional surname of Tooke at request of his friend William Tooke, Purley, Surrey; contested Westminster 1790 and 1796; tried for high treason before Chief Justice Eyre 5-22 Nov 1794, but acquitted; MP Old Sarum 14 Feb 1801-2; in consequence of his return, an Act was passed declaring clergymen ineligible for election in the future; a learned philologist and a staunch upholder of public justice and popular rights; author, Epea Pteroenta, or the Diversions of Purley, 1786-1805, and other works; d. 18 Mar 1812. DNB.
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Access to rare books is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, in cases where the item in unavailable at another UK repository.
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A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the item. Copies are supplied in accordance with Westminster School's Policy on Archive and Heritage Collections, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of items in the custody of Westminster School must be sought from its Governing Body.
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- English
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- Latin
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- Westminster School (Accumulator)
- Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, 1888-1956 (Accumulator)
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- English
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- Latin