Wilkes, John
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Wilkes, John (1727–97), led a life of dissipation and became a member of the
Medmenham Abbey fraternity. He was elected MP for Aylesbury in 1757 and in 1762 founded
The North Briton in which, aided by his friend Charles
Churchill, he attacked Bute's government. In the notorious No. 45 he denounced the King's Speech, and was arrested for libel on a general warrant, but released; he was then expelled from Parliament for publishing an obscene libel, the
Essay on Woman (a parody of
Pope), and retired to Paris. He returned in 1768 and took his seat unopposed as MP for Middlesex in 1774, in which year he was also lord mayor of London.
A man of wit, learning, and ability, and a popular hero in the cause of liberty, he secured important legal rights, including the illegality of general warrants, the freedom of choice of the electorate, and the freedom of the press.
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