John Wilkes

Clifford assured me this office, of hiring the men to draw their candidates home, was frequently allotted to him, and that it was invariably the same with Mr. Horne Tooke, and Mr. Chamberlain, alias John Wilkes; and that he would undertake to have me or Mr. Waddington drawn through the streets of London, from Whitechapel to

Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 Henry Hunt 1804

It is not always remembered that British press freedom was fought for by pox-ridden, pornography writing reprobates such as John Wilkes, once described as the ugliest man in England, and whose green statue in New Fetter Lane is repeatedly christened by pigeon-droppings.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

✒Journalists have been abused through the ages, from John Wilkes in the 18th century to the enemies of, say, Conrad Black or John Prescott in recent years.

Media Monkey's Diary 2011

✒Journalists have been abused through the ages, from John Wilkes in the 18th century to the enemies of, say, Conrad Black or John Prescott in recent years.

Media Monkey's Diary 2011

Four are named for actors, the Ethel Barrymore, Booth (Edwin, not his brother John Wilkes), Helen Hayes and Lunt-Fontanne.

Meet Me at the Sondheim Terry Teachout 2010

But it was the trendy social-worker Labourite vocabulary I was lamenting, not the facts ... "communities," "religious identities", etc. John Wilkes

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

Four are named for actors, the Ethel Barrymore, Booth (Edwin, not his brother John Wilkes), Helen Hayes and Lunt-Fontanne.

Meet Me at the Sondheim Terry Teachout 2010

With properly structured responsiblities for governments parliamentary responsibility both individual and collective can be ensured, just as John Wilkes suggests. trevorsden

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

• Four are named for actors, the Ethel Barrymore, Booth (Edwin, not his brother John Wilkes), Helen Hayes and Lunt-Fontanne.

Meet Me at the Sondheim Terry Teachout 2010

Four are named for actors, the Ethel Barrymore, Booth (Edwin, not his brother John Wilkes), Helen Hayes and Lunt-Fontanne.

Meet Me at the Sondheim Terry Teachout 2010