Society for the Defence of the Bill of Rights
English political group
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leadership of Wilkes
- In John Wilkes: Career in London
…early in 1769 formed the Society for the Defence of the Bill of Rights to uphold his cause and pay his debts. During 1770 it became a political machine at his command. Shut out of Parliament he pursued his ambitions and his vendetta with the ministers in the City of…
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