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Wilkes (Tuesday 24 May 1763)

Boswell met John Wilkes through the author Bonnell Thornton. Famously dissolute, the cross-eyed, ugly Wilkes was the M.P. for Aylesbury and violently against the government of Lord Bute. He edited an anti-administration pamphlet called The North Briton where, in issue number 45, he denounced the King's speech and was arrested. He was then expelled from Parliament for publishing an obscene libel, The Essay on Women. He retired to Paris. From there he was on three occasions elected M.P. for Middlesex, although in each case his election was annulled. He finally acquired the seat in 1774 and was also made Lord Mayor. A popular hero in the cause of freedom, he advocated many important legal rights, including the freedom of the press. Boswell liked this "lively, facetious" man and his witty meeting with his old friend Dr. Johnson on 15 May 1776 was ably recorded by him.

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Chris Hodgkins MBA FCIM raised in Cardiff. Toured the UK and Europe and appeared at the Sacramento Jazz Festival in the States. With his own band he made a number of television and radio appearances. Relocated to London to play professionally. In 1985, Director of Jazz Services Ltd. Retired in 2014 took to the road, the radio and the recording studio. ... more

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