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Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt

(1770-1844), Parliamentary reformer

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An aristocrat and an independent MP, Burdett entered Parliament in 1796 to become the most influential radical politician. He championed free speech, personal liberty and radical state prisoners. In 1807, with the help of labour activist Francis Place, Burdett successfully stood for Westminster - a hotbed of radicalism. He was arrested and imprisoned for denouncing the House of Common's decision to bar journalists from some debates. Burdett became a national celebrity as 'Burdett and Liberty' riots exploded onto London's streets, marking a shift of popular sympathy towards electoral reform.

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'The life of William Cobbett - written by himself. No 8', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12931

'The life of William Cobbett - written by himself. No 8'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 September 1809
NPG D12931

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt, by William Ward, published by and after  John Raphael Smith - NPG D32403

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt

by William Ward, published by and after John Raphael Smith
mezzotint, published 29 May 1811
NPG D32403

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt, by William Sharp, after  James Northcote - NPG D32404

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt

by William Sharp, after James Northcote
line engraving, published 1811
NPG D32404

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt, by William Sharp, after  James Northcote - NPG D32405

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt

by William Sharp, after James Northcote
line engraving, published 1811
NPG D32405

National Pursuits, by Charles Williams - NPG D46371

National Pursuits

by Charles Williams
hand-coloured etching, published for the proprietors of Town Talk 1 April 1812
NPG D46371

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt, by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by  Thomas McLean - NPG D32400

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt

by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, 1820
NPG D32400

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt, by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by  Thomas McLean - NPG D13321

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt

by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published January 1820
NPG D13321

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt, by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by  Thomas McLean - NPG D13510

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt

by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
etching, published January 1820
NPG D13510

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt, by Robert Cooper, after  Thomas Charles Wageman - NPG D32401

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt

by Robert Cooper, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1821
NPG D32401

Grand Entrance to Bamboozl'em, attributed to Theodore Lane, published by  George Humphrey - NPG D17900

Grand Entrance to Bamboozl'em

attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published February 1821
NPG D17900

Lucifera's Procession.  Fairy-Queen, attributed to Theodore Lane, published by  George Humphrey - NPG D17905

Lucifera's Procession. Fairy-Queen

attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 12 May 1821
NPG D17905

The Effusions of a Troubled Brain, or Evil communications corrupt good Manners, attributed to Theodore Lane, published by  George Humphrey - NPG D17910

The Effusions of a Troubled Brain, or Evil communications corrupt good Manners

attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 10 July 1821
NPG D17910

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  Abraham Wivell - NPG D32402

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1824
NPG D32402

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt, published by Thomas McLean, after  Richard Dighton - NPG D13628

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt

published by Thomas McLean, after Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 1825
NPG D13628

Diogenese in Search of an Honest Ministry, by Henry Heath, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D46030

Diogenese in Search of an Honest Ministry

by Henry Heath, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 30 April 1827
NPG D46030

Loaves and Fishes, by Charles Williams, published by  Samuel Knight (Knights) - NPG D48691

Loaves and Fishes

by Charles Williams, published by Samuel Knight (Knights)
hand-coloured etching, published 3 May 1827
NPG D48691

View on the Windsor Road, published by John Field - NPG D46063

View on the Windsor Road

published by John Field
hand-coloured etching, published circa April 1829
NPG D46063

'John Bull In Perplexity or Ascendancy versus Union', by William Heath, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D48724

'John Bull In Perplexity or Ascendancy versus Union'

by William Heath, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published circa February 1829
NPG D48724

'John Bull In Perplexity or Ascendancy versus Union', by William Heath, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D48725

'John Bull In Perplexity or Ascendancy versus Union'

by William Heath, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published circa February 1829
NPG D48725

'The Faithful Shepherd; or, the Sheep and the Wolves', possibly by John Phillips, published by  George Humphrey - NPG D48734

'The Faithful Shepherd; or, the Sheep and the Wolves'

possibly by John Phillips, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published circa March 1829
NPG D48734

'The Constitution of John Bull destroyed by the combined Efforts of the Burkites', by John Phillips, published by  George Humphrey - NPG D48744

'The Constitution of John Bull destroyed by the combined Efforts of the Burkites'

by John Phillips, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published April 1829
NPG D48744

The Catholic Sovereign, Safety Coach a new Start from the Castle Windsor - A regular Out and Outer, by Thomas Howell Jones, after  Samuel William Fores - NPG D48746

The Catholic Sovereign, Safety Coach a new Start from the Castle Windsor - A regular Out and Outer

by Thomas Howell Jones, after Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published circa April 1829
NPG D48746

The Catholic Sovereign, Safety Coach a new Start from the Castle Windsor - A regular Out and Outer, by Thomas Howell Jones, after  Samuel William Fores - NPG D48747

The Catholic Sovereign, Safety Coach a new Start from the Castle Windsor - A regular Out and Outer

by Thomas Howell Jones, after Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published circa April 1829
NPG D48747

The New Protestant Sovereign Safety Coach, by Thomas Howell Jones, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D48771

The New Protestant Sovereign Safety Coach

by Thomas Howell Jones, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published circa June 1829
NPG D48771

A Political Ruse

A Political Ruse "Ye Bankes & Braes"

by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 17 February 1830
NPG D40983

A Character-istic Dialogue (Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt; William Cobbett), by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41016

A Character-istic Dialogue (Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt; William Cobbett)

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 2 September 1830
NPG D41016

Conversation at Whites (Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt; William Philip Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton), by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41036

Conversation at Whites (Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt; William Philip Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton)

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 30 December 1830
NPG D41036

State Quacks, or the Desperate Condition of the Wither'd Sisters, by William Heath, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D48809

State Quacks, or the Desperate Condition of the Wither'd Sisters

by William Heath, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 1 March 1830
NPG D48809

A Pair of Spectacles Easily Seen Through, by William Heath, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D48888

A Pair of Spectacles Easily Seen Through

by William Heath, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published circa July 1830
NPG D48888

Glorious Return of the Pride of Westminster and his Flunkey, by William Heath, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D48892

Glorious Return of the Pride of Westminster and his Flunkey

by William Heath, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published August 1830
NPG D48892

Leap Frog Down Constitution Hill, by John ('HB') Doyle, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41055

Leap Frog Down Constitution Hill

by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 13 April 1831
NPG D41055

May Day, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41060

May Day

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 4 May 1831
NPG D41060

Leap Frog on a Level.  or Going Headlong to the Devil - Pl. 2, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41061

Leap Frog on a Level. or Going Headlong to the Devil - Pl. 2

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 6 May 1831
NPG D41061

John Gilpin!!!, by John ('HB') Doyle, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41063

John Gilpin!!!

by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 13 May 1831
NPG D41063

'The Gift of Tongues', by John ('HB') Doyle, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41103

'The Gift of Tongues'

by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 26 November 1831
NPG D41103

Political Symptoms, by John ('HB') Doyle, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41105

Political Symptoms

by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 12 December 1831
NPG D41105

Parliamentary Eloquence, by John ('HB') Doyle, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41107

Parliamentary Eloquence

by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 24 December 1831
NPG D41107

Coroners Inquest Upon the Body of the Late Administration, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41132

Coroners Inquest Upon the Body of the Late Administration

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 15 May 1832
NPG D41132

The Cast-off Cloak (Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt; John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton de Gyfford), by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41169

The Cast-off Cloak (Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt; John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton de Gyfford)

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 22 November 1832
NPG D41169

Tories. Whigs., published by Gabriel Shire Tregear - NPG D48861

Tories. Whigs.

published by Gabriel Shire Tregear
hand-coloured etching, published 1832
NPG D48861

'You May Know a Man by the Company he Keeps', by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41176

'You May Know a Man by the Company he Keeps'

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 14 February 1833
NPG D41176

The Nursery, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41194

The Nursery

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 7 May 1833
NPG D41194

'A New Illustration of the Old Adage Between Two Stools &c.', by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41196

'A New Illustration of the Old Adage Between Two Stools &c.'

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 18 May 1833
NPG D41196

Blind-Man's-Buff, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41267

Blind-Man's-Buff

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 22 July 1834
NPG D41267

Original Design for a King's Arms (William Cobbett; Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt), by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Ducôte & Stephens, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41308

Original Design for a King's Arms (William Cobbett; Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt)

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 17 February 1835
NPG D41308

Settling Day at Tattersall's, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Ducôte & Stephens, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41311

Settling Day at Tattersall's

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 5 March 1835
NPG D41311

A Fair Game, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Ducôte & Stephens, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41337

A Fair Game

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 10 July 1835
NPG D41337

High Bred and Low Bred (Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt; Daniel O'Connell), by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41353

High Bred and Low Bred (Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt; Daniel O'Connell)

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 11 December 1835
NPG D41353

Don Quixote Attacking the Windmill (Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt; Daniel O'Connell), by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41354

Don Quixote Attacking the Windmill (Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt; Daniel O'Connell)

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 11 December 1835
NPG D41354

Don Quixote about to Liberate the Galley Slaves, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41358

Don Quixote about to Liberate the Galley Slaves

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 30 January 1836
NPG D41358

The Cock Pit, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41403

The Cock Pit

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 16 February 1837
NPG D41403

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