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1831 Bristol riots

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to withdraw. There was a short lull in the fighting, during which Wetherell escaped from the city disguised as a woman, but the mob afterwards attacked the town gaols. The few soldiers of the 3rd Dragoon Guards left on the scene were powerless to stop them; the Bridewell Jail, Lawford's Gate Prison and Gloucester County Prison were overrun and the prisoners freed.
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had never served in a public order role before and behaved indecisively, he consistently overestimated the size of the rioting crowd and underestimated his ability to control it. Brereton may have been affected by the criticism the armed forces received for its actions in Manchester in 1819, in which 18 people were killed when cavalry charged a crowd in the so-called
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position he held in society. Clemency was granted to all bar four of those sentenced to death after a petition of 10,000 names was presented, which included the names of people whose houses had been destroyed in the riot. Some 22 people were transported to Australia and 43 imprisoned. Captain Warrington of the 3rd Dragoon Guards was
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Another common misconception of the time was that troublemakers had come from the Kingswood collieries; though the pit owners stated that their men had largely remained at work throughout the riots. No defendant claimed a political motive in court and many pleaded drunkenness as mitigation for their
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A charge by the 14th Dragoons in Corn Street against a mob attacking the Council House resulted in the deaths of two men. Brereton believed an element in the 14th were provoking trouble with the crowd and, assured by the mob that they would disperse if the "Bloody Blues" were sent away, ordered them
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There was mistrust between the civic and military leaders and confusion over what actions to take. Pinney's orders to Brereton were vague and did not explicitly authorise the use of deadly force; at one point Brereton had to dissuade Pinney from issuing direct orders to fire into the crowd. Brereton
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for failing to pass on a message to Brereton during the riot. The colonel himself was arraigned before a court-martial in January 1832. During the proceedings he offered to plead guilty to charges of failing to control the riot if the court agreed not to call any more witnesses. The court refused
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Bristol was governed by Jackson and his troops for four months. Many in Parliament had no confidence in the local government under Pinney and set up a committee of enquiry to remove the Bristol magistrates from office, opposed by Melbourne, who claimed he lacked jurisdiction. Pinney was eventually
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in London. The total death toll is unknown but twelve citizens are known to have been killed in clashes with the authorities; many other corpses were recovered later from within burned buildings. Historian Mark Harrison in 1988 estimated between 120 and 250 casualties from all parties. A large part
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liaison officer, Major Mackworth, took control of the situation, without regard for Brereton's seniority. They responded to a rush of rioters on the southern side of Queen Square with a charge by the 3rd Dragoon Guards that effectively quelled the riot. The posse comitatus had largely restored order
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The destruction caused during the night of 30/31 October, in which many private houses were attacked, shocked the citizens of the city. The middle classes were provoked into action and some 3,000 men reported for duty in the posse comitatus on the following morning. An additional 100 soldiers from
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The Bristol under-sheriff had command of only 100 constables and estimated that at least 300 would be required to deal with the anticipated size of the protests against Wetherell. Herapath refused to allow BPU members to be enlisted as special constables and there were few volunteers from the middle
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The rejection of the bill and the second resignation of Grey resulted in a period of political upheaval which has since been characterised as "the closest that Britain came to revolution". Inhabitants of cities and towns were angry at the failure to pass the bill and there were serious disturbances
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Trials of the rioters were held in January 1832, 102 were tried and 31 were sentenced to death. One of the men sentenced to hang was a retired tradesman whose only crime was to shout encouragement to the rioters. He was singled out by the court for particular punishment because of the respectable
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yeomanry arrived in the city but were withdrawn by their officer when no magistrate could be found to requisition lodgings. Herapath spoke to the mob but failed to halt the violence, he later offered to mobilise the BPU members as a peacekeeping force but was refused by Pinney who thought it would
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to be formed. However, fewer than 200 men answered the call and these mostly dispersed when the civic authorities failed to organise them effectively. Part of the problem was that the civic authorities moved their headquarters between a number of different buildings. This meant that their leaders
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of the city, who were mainly anti-reform Tories, to curry favour with pro-reform elements and to reduce the likelihood of unrest. Pinney, by virtue of his office, was responsible for leading the response of the civil authorities to the riots. The citizens were angered as they regarded Pinney, who
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Further destruction was inflicted upon houses, warehouses, tollhouses and civic buildings, particularly on Queen Square, Prince's Street and King Street. There was an attempt to attack the Bristol Corporation's dock company and the dock gates were burnt. Fires set at the Bishop's Palace, customs
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The rioting continued into the night and the Mansion House was stormed, the 14th Light Dragoons attempted to halt the riot and shot one man dead whilst doing so. Wetherell fled the Mansion House via the rooftop to an adjacent building and Pinney escaped to seek refuge at a friend's house where he
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The BPU met with the city magistrates in October and agreed to maintain neutrality during any civil disturbance, provided that troops were not used. Herapath called off the agreement on 25 October, when he learnt that the magistrates had requested troops be sent to the city. Herapath later stated
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The looting of the Mansion House continued from 7 am on 30 October, a Sunday. Its wine cellar was emptied and the building set on fire. Efforts to control the riot were hampered by a crowd of middle-class onlookers, who encouraged the rioters. Pinney ordered a notice to be read out in the city's
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Both pro-reform and anti-reform activists blamed the other for the riots. Pro-reformers suspected the Tory aldermen of Bristol of wanting the riots to get out of hand to discredit the movement while the Tories blamed the Whig government of withholding troops from the city authorities. It was
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When the troops arrived in the city the aldermen and magistrates refused to ride at the head of the troops as they crossed the city boundary, as tradition demanded. The officials were fearful that doing so would cause the mob to single out their businesses for looting and arson.
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The location of Wetherell's entrance into the city had been changed for security reasons but soon became common knowledge and he was met with a mob upon his arrival on 29 October. The carriage carrying Wetherell and Pinney was stoned and they sought refuge at the corporation's
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in the city on 29 October led to a protest, which degenerated into a riot. The civic and military authorities were poorly focused and uncoordinated and lost control of the city. Order was restored on the third day by a combination of a
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class who were traditionally called upon to provide this service. The magistrates managed to enlist 119 volunteers, but many of these were of known violent tendencies. Despite having the power to do so the magistrates did not order the
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During the course of the riots men of this regiment, recognisable in their distinctive blue uniforms, would be jeered by the crowd while those of the 3rd, a regiment based locally, were cheered. Lieutenant-Colonel
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The city magistrates requested British Army troops be sent to help with any disorder. The government was reluctant to send any, knowing that it would be unpopular with the public, but eventually the Home Secretary
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was commander of the 3rd Dragoon Guards and led the military response to the riots. He was a supporter of reform and, after the riots, would be accused of having sympathies with the mob.
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was court-martialled on a similar charge though killed himself before his trial was concluded. A renewed third reform bill passed in 1832, as the
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authorised the deployment of a force of 93 soldiers to be only used in the case of an "absolute emergency". These were a mix of men from the
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or half-pay and retired army personnel to be called up. They did, however, clear weapons from the city's gun smiths in case of looting.
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alleged that the riots were directed by an external party; allegations were made of French involvement (revolutionaries there had
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was a noted opponent of the Reform Bill. Although he was given a hero's welcome in the city in 1829 for his opposition to
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Much of the city centre was burnt, up to £300,000 of damage caused and up to 250 casualties incurred. The city's mayor
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In early 19th-century Britain there were large discrepancies in the size of constituencies of the lower house, the
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to introduce a Reform Bill to address the matter. This was defeated in parliament and the prime minister,
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that he was confident that he could have maintained order in the city, had the troops not been deployed.
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had not publicly supported electoral reform since taking office, as having abandoned the cause to join
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cavalry regiment was deployed to the city. Full scale riots erupted in Bristol, Nottingham and Derby.
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was tried for failing to prevent the riot and acquitted. The military commander, Lieutenant-Colonel
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the 14th Light Dragoons arrived in the city later that day. Their officer, Major Beckwith, and a
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were hard to locate at key times, for example on 30 October a force of 57 men from the
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at dusk, by which time many of the special constables had abandoned their posts.
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Bristol Past and Present by J. F. Nicholls and John Taylor, published in 1882
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this request and Brereton killed himself before his trial was concluded.
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house, excise office and at other buildings were reportedly visible from
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of the city centre was destroyed and up to £300,000 of damage caused.
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A contemporary depiction of a warehouse set ablaze during the riot
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A contemporary depiction of the court-martial of Colonel Brereton
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The Burning of the New Gaol with St. Paul’s Church, Bedminster
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arrived from London with several hundred soldiers to do so.
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The riots were the worst in an English city since the 1780
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of the city's middle-class citizens and military forces.
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A 1901 depiction of the attack on Sir Charles Wetherell
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The Bristol Riots of 1831 and Social Reform in Britain
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took place on 29–31 October 1831 and were part of the
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Parliamentary Representation, 1832: England and Wales
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Contemporary sketches of Queen Square after the riots
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Index



1831 reform riots
second Reform Bill
House of Lords
electoral reform
Charles Wetherell
posse comitatus
Charles Pinney
Thomas Brereton
Great Reform Act
Municipal Corporations Act 1835

House of Commons
rotten boroughs
Members of Parliament
Manchester
Whigs
Earl Grey
subsequent general election
second Reform Bill
Derby
Leicester
Yeovil
Sherborne
Exeter
Bath
Worcester
Birmingham
Scots Greys

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