Sandwich (Earl of Sandwich)
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Years
- 1768
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Sandwich (Earl of Sandwich), with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Massacre of St George's Fields
1768Role: Political enemy who held a personal vendetta against Wilkes; full identity unresolved in the supplied passages
- Hunting of Fugitives and Further Violence
Sources record a scuffle with wounded prisoners, a barn shooting, and the murder of Allen, without tying them to the massacre itself.
- Imprisonment of John Wilkes
Wilkes was jailed in the King's Bench Prison on 10 May 1768 for an article severely criticising King George III.
- Supporters Gather at St George's Fields
On news of Wilkes's conviction and imprisonment, crowds assembled on St George's Fields chanting "Wilkes and Liberty."
- Troops Fire on Demonstrators
After the Riot Act was read, government soldiers fired on the unarmed crowd, killing six or seven and wounding fifteen.
- Hunting of Fugitives and Further Violence
Sources
- John Wilkes Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27