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Patriot Burdett's at our head
Possibly refers to the 1819 general election in which John Cam Hobhouse (Broughton) contested the parliamentary seat of Westminster, which had become vacant after the suicide of Sir Samuel Romilly. He stood as a radical, supported by his father and by Sir Francis Burdett, but was defeated on 3 March by the whig George Lamb, who is also mentioned in the text of the ballad. First line reads: Elector…
Subject
- Ballads
- Politics
- Elections
- Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844
- Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869
- Romilly, Samuel, Sir, 1757-1818
- Lamb, George, 1784-1834
Type of item
- Broadsides
Subject
- Ballads
- Politics
- Elections
- Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844
- Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869
- Romilly, Samuel, Sir, 1757-1818
- Lamb, George, 1784-1834
Type of item
- Broadsides
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
Issue date
- 1819
- 1800
- 1800
- 1819
Current location
- http://sws.geonames.org/2650225
Identifier
- #Resource:74892733
Format
- 1 online resource
Language
- eng
- eng
Year
- 1800
- 1819
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-16T15:48:15.577Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-16T15:48:15.577Z