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Thomas Hardy (political reformer)

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Memoir of T. H., founder of ... the London Corresponding Society, for diffusing ... political knowledge among the people of Great Britain and Ireland, etc. Written by Himself
241:. It was during his imprisonment that Hardy's wife died, leaving him with an unfinished letter declaring her love for him. The charges were prosecuted with 156:. His father died in 1760 at sea while Thomas was still a boy. He was sent to school by his maternal grandfather and later apprenticed to a shoemaker in 584: 204: 569: 464: 250: 184:. The couple had six children, all of whom died in infancy. Lydia died in childbirth on 27 August 1794, her child (the sixth) being 541: 459: 358: 579: 222: 192:"Church and King" mob attacked the Hardy home some weeks earlier. In 1791, Hardy opened his own boot and shoe shop at 9 129: 113: 574: 527: 277:
In later life Hardy ceased involvement in politics, and with the assistance of friends set up a small shoe shop in
169: 173: 125: 209: 32: 564: 559: 589: 298: 230: 216: 510:"The Trial of Thomas Hardy: A Forgotten Chapter in the Working Class Fight for Democratic Rights" 441: 526: 234: 161: 455: 363: 278: 225:, starting out with just nine friends. However, they were soon joined by others, including 226: 181: 153: 311: 229:. Two years later, on 12 May 1794, it had grown so powerful that he was arrested by the 532: 434: 414: 350: 294: 265: 254: 246: 242: 85: 260: 553: 282: 157: 145: 57: 286: 238: 382: 237:, the private secretary to Home Secretary Dundas, and others on Crown charges of 396: 367: 536: 193: 185: 176:
church to Lydia Priest, the youngest daughter of a carpenter and builder from
124:(3 March 1752 – 11 October 1832) was a British shoemaker who was an early 189: 149: 290: 177: 141: 53: 509: 165: 401:
In These Times: living in Britain through Napoleon's Wars, 1793–1815
259: 203: 315:, BBC dramatisation based on Hardy's trial (episode 4, series 1) 188:: the cause may have been the injuries she had sustained when a 253:. He was acquitted after nine days of testimony and debate, on 512:. Socialist Voice: Marxist Perspectives for the 21st Century 285:. In September 1797 he moved to a smaller establishment in 249:
among the prosecuting counsel; while Hardy was defended by
289:. He died on 11 October 1832 at his home in Queen's Row, 128:, and the founder, first Secretary, and Treasurer of the 460:"Monument to Thomas Hardy, East Enclosure (1396521)" 297:
burial ground, where a granite obelisk, designed by
348:Emsley, Clive (2004). "Hardy, Thomas (1752–1832)". 108: 100: 92: 81: 65: 39: 23: 433: 349: 200:Involvement with the London Corresponding Society 545:. Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 8: 362:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 31: 20: 140:Thomas Hardy was born on 3 March 1752 in 436:The French Revolution in English History 492:The Making of the English Working Class 419:The Making of the English Working Class 403:. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 359:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 352:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 325: 525:Barker, George Fisher Russell (1890). 421:. New York: Vintage Books. p. 20. 343: 341: 339: 337: 335: 333: 331: 329: 16:British radical politician (1752–1832) 7: 440:. Frank Cass & Co. Ltd. p.  301:, was later erected in his memory. 172:. On 21 May 1781 he was married at 465:National Heritage List for England 14: 528:"Hardy, Thomas (1752-1832)"  542:Dictionary of National Biography 221:Around 1792, Hardy founded the 508:Angus, Ian (4 November 2009). 1: 164:. As a young man, arrived in 383:UK public library membership 223:London Corresponding Society 130:London Corresponding Society 114:London Corresponding Society 585:People acquitted of treason 293:, London. He was buried at 245:leading for the Crown, and 606: 494:. New York: Vintage Books. 214: 170:American Revolutionary War 570:Burials at Bunhill Fields 208:Portrait of Hardy at the 160:. He later worked in the 30: 490:Thompson, E.P. (1963). 174:St-Martin-in-the-Fields 499:Hardy, Thomas (1832). 368:10.1093/ref:odnb/12291 269: 212: 263: 210:National Liberal Club 207: 432:Brown, P.A. (1965). 264:Hardy's monument in 580:People from Larbert 299:John Woody Papworth 217:1794 Treason Trials 270: 235:Bow Street Runners 213: 575:English activists 381:(Subscription or 162:Carron Iron Works 119: 118: 597: 546: 530: 521: 519: 517: 504: 495: 477: 476: 474: 472: 456:Historic England 452: 446: 445: 439: 429: 423: 422: 411: 405: 404: 393: 387: 386: 378: 376: 374: 355: 345: 279:Tavistock Street 273:Death and legacy 231:King's Messenger 168:just before the 104:Master Shoemaker 72: 49: 47: 35: 21: 605: 604: 600: 599: 598: 596: 595: 594: 550: 549: 533:Stephen, Leslie 524: 515: 513: 507: 498: 489: 486: 481: 480: 470: 468: 454: 453: 449: 431: 430: 426: 415:Thompson, E. P. 413: 412: 408: 395: 394: 390: 380: 372: 370: 347: 346: 327: 322: 307: 275: 227:Olaudah Equiano 219: 202: 182:Buckinghamshire 154:merchant seaman 152:, the son of a 138: 77: 76:London, England 74: 70: 69:11 October 1832 61: 51: 45: 43: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 603: 601: 593: 592: 587: 582: 577: 572: 567: 562: 552: 551: 548: 547: 522: 505: 496: 485: 482: 479: 478: 447: 424: 406: 388: 324: 323: 321: 318: 317: 316: 306: 303: 295:Bunhill Fields 274: 271: 266:Bunhill Fields 255:Guy Fawkes Day 251:Thomas Erskine 247:William Garrow 243:Sir John Scott 215:Main article: 201: 198: 137: 134: 117: 116: 110: 109:Known for 106: 105: 102: 98: 97: 94: 90: 89: 86:Bunhill Fields 83: 79: 78: 75: 73:(aged 80) 67: 63: 62: 52: 41: 37: 36: 28: 27: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 602: 591: 588: 586: 583: 581: 578: 576: 573: 571: 568: 566: 563: 561: 558: 557: 555: 544: 543: 538: 534: 529: 523: 511: 506: 502: 497: 493: 488: 487: 483: 467: 466: 461: 457: 451: 448: 443: 438: 437: 428: 425: 420: 416: 410: 407: 402: 398: 392: 389: 384: 369: 365: 361: 360: 354: 353: 344: 342: 340: 338: 336: 334: 332: 330: 326: 319: 314: 313: 309: 308: 304: 302: 300: 296: 292: 288: 284: 283:Covent Garden 280: 272: 268:burial ground 267: 262: 258: 256: 252: 248: 244: 240: 236: 232: 228: 224: 218: 211: 206: 199: 197: 195: 191: 187: 183: 179: 175: 171: 167: 163: 159: 158:Stirlingshire 155: 151: 147: 146:Stirlingshire 143: 135: 133: 131: 127: 123: 115: 112:Founding the 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 84: 82:Resting place 80: 68: 64: 59: 58:Stirlingshire 55: 42: 38: 34: 29: 22: 19: 540: 514:. Retrieved 500: 491: 469:. Retrieved 463: 450: 435: 427: 418: 409: 400: 397:Uglow, Jenny 391: 371:. Retrieved 357: 351: 312:Garrow's Law 310: 287:Fleet Street 276: 239:high treason 220: 139: 122:Thomas Hardy 121: 120: 71:(1832-10-11) 50:3 March 1752 25:Thomas Hardy 18: 565:1832 deaths 560:1752 births 537:Lee, Sidney 93:Nationality 590:Shoemakers 554:Categories 385:required.) 320:References 196:, London. 194:Piccadilly 136:Early life 101:Occupation 60:, Scotland 46:1752-03-03 503:. London. 186:stillborn 539:(eds.). 417:(1963). 399:(2014). 305:See also 257:, 1794. 190:loyalist 150:Scotland 88:, London 484:Sources 291:Pimlico 178:Chesham 142:Larbert 126:Radical 96:British 54:Larbert 516:9 June 471:8 June 379: 233:, two 166:London 531:. In 373:5 May 518:2014 473:2014 375:2011 66:Died 40:Born 442:123 364:doi 556:: 535:; 462:. 458:. 356:. 328:^ 281:, 180:, 148:, 144:, 132:. 56:, 520:. 475:. 444:. 377:. 366:: 48:) 44:(

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Larbert
Stirlingshire
Bunhill Fields
London Corresponding Society
Radical
London Corresponding Society
Larbert
Stirlingshire
Scotland
merchant seaman
Stirlingshire
Carron Iron Works
London
American Revolutionary War
St-Martin-in-the-Fields
Chesham
Buckinghamshire
stillborn
loyalist
Piccadilly

National Liberal Club
1794 Treason Trials
London Corresponding Society
Olaudah Equiano
King's Messenger
Bow Street Runners
high treason
Sir John Scott

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