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Aberdeen, 20, 50, 93 Bonnymuir, Battle of (1820), 1, 100–1, 103,

Age of Reason, 83, 111 113, 114, 128, 130, 133, 135
Airdrie, 56, 62, 64, 66, 73, 91, 99, 106, 133 Borthwick, William Murray, 109
Aiton, William, 64, 109 Boswell, Alexander, 75, 94, 101, 106, 109,
Allen, John, 45, 46 110
Althorp, John Charles Spencer, Viscount, 71 Bothwell Brig, Battle of (1679), 134
Angus, 66 Boyle, David Boyle, Lord (Lord Justice
Arbroath, Declaration of (1320), 102, 142 Clerk, 1811–41), 43
Association for the Relief of the Manufac- Bradford, Major-General Sir Thomas, 90
turing and Labouring Poor, 22

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Brandreth, Jeremiah, 43
Atholl, John Murray, 3rd Duke of, 15 Braxfield, Robert Macqueen, Lord, 139
Ayr, 20, 91, 93 Brayshaw, Joseph, 67, 90, 92, 107
Ayrshire, 104, 107 Brewster, Rev. Patrick, 133
Baird, John, 100, 105, 111, 113, 114, 126, Bridgeton, 106
127, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, Brougham, Henry, 9, 10, 11, 45, 48, 55
141, 142, 144 Brown, Capt. James, 30, 91, 110
Baird, Thomas, 40, 41, 46 Bruce, Robert (King of Scots), 25, 120
Ballantyne, James, 77 Buccleuch, Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th
Bamford, Samuel, 68, 69–70, 96 Duke of, 37
Bannockburn, Battle of (1314), 40, 140 Buchanan, George, 25
Beacon, 118 Burdett, Sir Francis, 15, 28, 55, 72
Bennet, Henry, 35 burgh reform, 4, 25, 49–51, 117, 123
Berri, Charles Ferdinand d’Artois, Duc de, Byng, Major-General Sir John, 102, 108
92
Berwick Advertiser, 10 Caledonian Mercury, 16
Biggar, George, 30, 31, 35, 43 Calhoun, Craig, 106, 119
Birmingham, 92, 120 Calton, 19, 30, 43, 72, 81, 106, 127, 144
Black, Adam, 49, 116 Campbell, John (state prisoner), 42–3
Black Book, 65, 67 Campbell, John (journalist and author),
Black Dwarf, 43, 44, 51, 55, 56, 61–2, 65, 134–6
66, 67, 83, 120 Canada, 56
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, 37–8, 73, Canning, George, 93
74, 75, 93 Carlile, Richard, 44, 62, 63, 67, 82, 100, 111,
Blair, Robert, 23 125
Blanketeers, March of the (1817), 57 Carlisle, 57, 92

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Caroline, Queen of United Kingdom of Creevey, Thomas, 119

Great Britain and Ireland, 2, 5, 110, Croker, John Wilson, 79, 120
115–21, 122, 124, 125, 129, 130 Culrain, 95
Carron iron works, 100 Cumbernauld, 138
Cartwright, Major John, 13–18, 21, 27, 28, Cumming, James, 134
45, 64, 72, 92, 120, 123 Cupar, 93
Cassilis, Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of, 90 Currie, Ken, 144
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 22, 68
Castle, John, 103 Daily Herald, 140
Cato Street Conspiracy (1820), 92, 102, 129 Dinwiddy, John, 13
Chalmers, Rev. Thomas, 39 Dollan, Patrick 140
Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Douglas, Niel, 4, 41–2, 43–4, 46
Ireland, 65 Downie, David, 112
Chartism/Chartists, 2, 5, 16, 132–4, 136–7 Drumclog, Battle of (1679), 134
Charlotte, Princess, 39, 116 Dublin, 120
Church of Scotland, 116–17 Dumbarton, 106
Clarke, Mary Anne, 10, 12 Dumfries, 34, 81
Clayknowes, 65 Dumfries and Galloway Courier, 10
Clelland, James, 105 Duncan, Rev. Henry, 38, 81
Clerk, John, 45, 46 Dundee, 20, 27–8, 31, 44–5, 36, 38, 41, 50,
Clydesdale Journal, 109, 118 51, 64, 66, 72, 127

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Cobbett, William, 64, 80, 92, 120, 123, 129 Dundee, Perth and Cupar Advertiser, 10, 16
Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register, 17, 20–1, Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl
23, 26, 37, 65, 115 of, 22
Cochran, Adam, 99, 105 Dunfermline, 10, 83
Cochrane, Thomas see Dundonald Duntocher, 99, 106
Cockburn, Henry, 11, 16, 43, 45, 53, 84, Dysart, 12
85, 123
Collins, John, 133 Ecclefechan, 91
Collins, Wilkie, 135 Eckersley, Rachel, 14
Collins, William, 138 Edgar, William, 42
Colquhoun, Archibald (Lord Advocate, Edinburgh, 5, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 30, 34,
1807–16), 19 37, 44, 47, 48, 50, 66, 81, 83, 84, 85, 91,
combination laws, 125 110, 116, 118, 119, 120, 134, 136, 137
commemoration see monuments Edinburgh Correspondent, 16
Commemoration Committee (1820) / Edinburgh Evening Courant, 37
1820 Society, 127, 143 Edinburgh Gazetteer, 17
Condorrat, 100, 135 Edinburgh Merchant Company, 49
Connell, John, 14 Edinburgh Review, 9–10, 11, 45–6, 47, 75,
Cookson, J. E., 7, 8, 85 123
corn laws, 15, 19, 20, 24, 125 Edinburgh Weekly Journal, 37, 77, 82
Court of Session, 47, 49, 50 Edwards, George, 92, 103
Covenanters, 25, 69, 133, 140, 144 Elderslie, 24, 69, 91
see also Bothwell Brig, Battle of; Drum- Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of, 73, 86–7, 111
clog, Battle of elections
Coventry, 92 general, 51, 55, 93–4, 105, 130, 136
Craigend, 99 Hamilton by-election (1967), 142
Cranstoun, George, 42, 44, 46 municipal, 49–50, 140
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Eley, Geoff, 5 Glasgow, 10, 14, 17, 19, 20, 23, 27, 29, 30,
Elgin, 93 34, 42, 59–62, 63, 66, 72, 76, 79, 84, 90,
Ellis, Peter Berresford, and Seumas Mac 91, 92, 93, 97, 99, 103, 106, 107, 110,
a’Ghobhainn, The Scottish Insurrection 111, 117, 119, 120, 122, 129, 130, 136,
of 1820 137, 138, 143
emigration, 56–7, 58 Glasgow Chronicle, 10, 16, 49, 56, 58, 66,
Epstein, James, 28, 39–40, 68 71, 110
Ewing, Winifred, 142 Glasgow Courier, 37
Glasgow Herald, 37, 73, 84, 139
Fabiani, Linda, 127
Glasgow Sentinel see Glasgow Chronicle
Falkirk, 15, 38, 56, 100
Glasgow Trades Council, 127
Ferrie, Adam, 18
Glencoe Massacre (1692), 69
Fife, 66, 83, 128
Gleniffer, 69
Finlay, Kirkman, 30, 48, 125
‘Glorious’ Revolution (1688–9), 102, 130
Finalyson, James, 43
Goldsmiths’ Hall Association, 27
Fitzwilliam, William Wentworth, 2nd Earl,
78, 79, 83, 123 Gordon Riots (1780), 70
Fletcher of Saltoun, Andrew, 18, 25 Grant, John Peter, 45, 118
Forbes, John, 81 Greenock, 27, 99, 100
Forfar, 15 Greenock Advertiser, 10
Forward, 139, 140 Grenvillites, 78

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Fox, Charles James, 48 Grey, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl, 48, 130
Foxbar, 99, 105
Haddington, 75
Franklin (alias Fletcher; Forbes), William,
Half Hour’s Crack with a Glasgow Radical
114–15
Reformer, 81
Fraser, John, 132–3
Freeling, Francis, 34 Hamilton, 100, 106, 142
Freir, Edward, 134–5, 137, 144 Hamilton, Alexander Douglas-Hamilton,
French Revolution (1789–99), 37, 63, 87 10th Duke of, 48, 61, 79, 123
Fulcher, Jonathan, 3, 33, 54, 70, 86, 122, 125 Hamilton, Lord Archibald, 25, 48, 50, 51,
Fyshe Palmer, Thomas, 45, 48 84, 117
Hamilton, Robert, 30
Galashiels, 86 Hamlet, 40
Galloway Levellers, 143 Hampden, John, 25–6, 65
Galston, 106, 118 Hampden Club, 14, 16, 17, 18, 24, 27
George III,King of Great Britain and Ire- Hardie, Andrew, 99, 100, 111, 113, 114,
land, 34, 41, 93 126, 127, 131, 132, 133, 134, 141, 142,
George IV, King of Great Britain and 144
Ireland, 28, 29, 34, 40, 41, 56, 61, 63, 64, Hardie, James, 99
65, 79, 93, 94, 115, 118, 120, 122 Hardie, Keir, 139
George V, King of Great Britain and Harney, George Julian, 133
Ireland, 141 Harris, Bob, 34
Gerrald, Joseph, 134 Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of, 92
Gilchrist, John Borthwick, 17–18, 120 Hastie, Archibald, 14
Gillespie, Rev. William, 116–17 Healy, Joseph, 96
Gillon, Joseph, 37 Home Drummond, Henry, 42
Gilmartin, Kevin, 27 Hone, William, 44
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Hope, Charles (Lord President of the Court Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd
of Session, 1811–41), 46, 75, 79, 84, 90, Earl of, 9, 11, 37, 79, 121, 123
111, 113, 126 Lochaw, 95
Hopkirk, Thomas, 61, 65 London Corresponding Society, 34
Hullock, Serjeant John, 112, 113 loyalism/loyalists
Hume, Joseph, 51, 93, 114–5, 129, 130, 136 addresses/meetings of, 26, 37, 61, 79,
Huddersfield, 96 82–3, 117
Hunt, Henry, 28, 59, 62, 64, 70, 71, 72, 73, character/rhetoric of, 2–4, 8, 16, 33–4,
92, 96, 112, 125, 129 53–4, 59, 61, 62–3, 73–87, 96, 101,
Hunter, Samuel, 84 105, 109, 115, 117–18, 122
Hutcheson, Charles, 68, 76–7 and press, 37–9, 73, 75, 80–2, 116, 118
and Whigs, 59, 77–80
Independent Labour Party, 129, 138–41 see also Six Acts; trials; volunteers
Inglis, Rev. John, 81 Loyal Reformers’ Gazette, 130
Inverness, 50 Luddism/Luddites, 12–13, 42, 70
James II and VII, King of England, Scotland McAllion, John, 127
and Ireland, 40, 65 Mac a’Ghobhainn, Seumas see Ellis and Mac
Jeffrey, Francis, 9, 40, 41, 45, 46, 83, 112, a’Ghobhainn, The Scottish Insurrection
113, 118, 130 of 1820
John Bull, 116 Macdonald, Catriona, 119
Johnson, Joseph, 96

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Macdonald, Marshall, 107
Johnston, Thomas, 139, 140, 141 McDonald, Ronald, 113
Johnston, Capt. William, 17, 18 Macdouall, Peter, 133
Johnstone, 28, 99, 106 Macfarlane, Thomas, 133
Jones, Gareth Stedman, 2–3, 9 McKay, Andrew, 30
Kerr, William, 34 Mackenzie, Peter, 43, 102, 130–2, 136, 137,
Kilbarchan 29, 106 139
Kilmarnock, 23, 29, 40, 67, 71, 72, 73, 84, McKinlay, Andrew, 4, 42–3, 46, 47, 49
85, 106, 109, 110 McLaren, Alexander, 40, 41, 46
Kilsyth, 56, 99 McLaren, Charles, 48
Kinloch, George, 18, 107 Maconochie, Alexander (Lord Advocate,
Kirkcaldy, 64 1816–19), 30, 31, 32, 35, 36–7, 43, 44,
Kirkintilloch, 25, 91 47, 48, 111
Knight, John, 96 Magna Carta, 26, 102
Knox, John, 25, 120 Majocchi, Theodore, 118
Manchester, 59, 60, 61, 69, 79, 83, 92, 96,
Lanark, 93, 109 106, 107, 119, 120
Lanarkshire, 10, 13, 62 Manchester Gazette, 58
Laing, John, 112 Manchester Observer, 65, 66, 67, 96
Lang, William, 15, 17, 24, 94 Mann, James, 92
Largs, 99 Margarot, Maurice, 14–5
Lauderdale, Charles Maitland, 8th Earl of, Marrow of Radical Reform, 80–1
15 Mason, Archibald, 94
Leeds, 67, 75, 92 Mather, F. C., 8
Leeds Mercury, 58, 102 Maxton, James, 140, 141
Leith, 10 Maxwell, John, 66, 78
Liberty, 142 Maybole, 92
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Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Pate, McDowal, 42

Viscount, 61 Paterson, Gil, 127
Miller, William, 66, 73 Patie and Nelly, 80
Moffat, William, 14 Perth, 15, 31, 99, 120
Moncreiff, James, 118 Peterloo Massacre (1819), 59, 62, 63, 64, 66,
Montagu, Henry Montagu-Scott, Lord, 85 68, 69, 70, 71–2, 79, 83, 84, 86, 90, 95,
Monteith, Brian, 128 96, 100, 111, 120, 124, 132
Monteith, Henry, 93, 94, 108 petitions/petitioning, 16, 18, 19, 28–9, 30,
Montrose, 49–50, 51 39, 40–1, 45–51, 57, 64–5, 76, 77, 83,
Montrose Review, 10 105, 120, 124
monuments burgh reform, 50–1
at Bonnymuir, 1 corn laws, 15, 20
in Edinburgh, 132, 137 orders in council, 10, 13
in Glasgow, 129, 131–2, 135–8, 141, parliamentary reform, 9, 15, 16, 17–18,
143, 144 20–8, 35, 40–1, 56–7, 58, 94, 130,
in Paisley, 137, 143 131
in Stirling, 143 property tax, 10–12, 18, 20, 40–1
in Strathaven, 129, 134–7, 138 slave trade, 16, 18, 40
Morning Chronicle 56, 58, 60 Phillipson, Nick, 47
More, Hannah, 38, 80 Philp, Mark, 33, 38
Morrison, John, 105 Pitt, William, 11, 62

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Muir, Thomas, 14, 48, 134, 139, 142, 143 Poole, Robert, 68
municipal reform see burgh reform Port Glasgow, 100
Munro, Hugh, 95 Primrose, Frederick, 53
Murray, John Archibald, 45, 114 Prince Regent see George IV
Proudfoot, Rev. James, 136
national debt, 11, 22
Newcastle, 85 Quarterly Review, 10, 37
Newmilns, 106 Quinan, Lloyd, 127
New Statistical Account, 136
Norris, James, 107 radicalism/radicals
North British Express, 134 character/rhetoric of, 2–5, 8–9, 10,
Nottingham, 92, 108 12–18, 21–32, 50–1, 53–5, 56–7,
58–73, 86–7, 92, 97–8, 104–8, 109–
Oldham, 96 10, 112, 119–21, 123–6, 130–42
Oliver the Spy (W. J. Richards), 103 English connections of, 2, 4, 12–16, 31,
Owenism, 125 32, 65–6, 92, 96, 107–8
meetings of, 17–18, 21, 22–4, 25–8, 29,
Paine, Thomas, 28, 34, 56, 82, 111, 125 56–7, 59–60, 62–3, 64, 65, 66, 68–73
Paisley, 10, 14, 22, 23, 39, 56, 58, 59–62, 63, and press, 4, 10, 17, 20–1, 43–4, 48–9,
64, 69, 71, 72, 74, 77, 79, 90, 91, 92, 99, 65–6
103, 106, 120, 121, 137, 143 and Union Societies, 66–7, 90, 91–7
Parkhill, John, 69, 70–1 and Whigs, 4, 34, 45–7, 51, 66
Parliament see also Chartism/Chartists; Peterloo
Scottish, 2, 127–8, 129 Massacre; petitions/petitioning; trials
UK, 21, 22, 24–5, 30, 34, 35, 40, 42, Rae, William (Lord Advocate, 1819–30),
47–8, 50, 54, 55, 57–8, 63, 71, 86, 53, 59, 61, 74–5, 77, 79, 81, 91, 100, 103,
115, 117, 119, 120, 123 104, 112
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Reddie, James, 36, 110 Spirit of the Union, 4, 63, 66, 67, 73, 80, 82,
Reform Act, Scotland (1832), 128, 129, 84
130–1 Stevenson, John, 131, 134
Reformers’ Gazette, 132 Stewart, William, 139, 140, 141
Reid, Jimmy, 143 Stirling, 50, 100, 111, 126, 138, 140, 143
Renfrewshire, 10, 13, 62, 69, 93 Stirlingshire, 66
Richmond, Alexander, 13, 30, 31, 35, 102 Strathaven, 67, 91, 101, 103, 105, 106, 108,
Ritchie, William, 48 114, 127, 129, 131, 134, 136, 137, 138,
Roach, William, 13 140
Rodger, Alexander, 72 Struthers, John, 38
Rodger, William, 64, 66, 73 Stuart, James, 83
Ross, 95
Russell, Lord John, 130 Tannochside, 127
Rutherfurd, Andrew, 137 taxation/taxes, 7, 9, 10–12, 18, 22–3, 24, 38,
Rutherglen, 25, 72 41, 55–9, 63, 72, 134
Rutherglen Reformer, 135 Taylor, Dr John, 133
Thaumaturgus, 26
Samuel, Raphael, 128 Thistlewood, Arthur, 62, 92, 104
Scotch Cheap Repository, 38 Thompson, E. P., 1, 53, 94, 119, 125, 129
Scotsman, 48–9, 51, 56, 58, 60, 66, 72, 117, Thomson, Rev. Andrew, 116
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Scott, John, 94 Tierney, George, 55, 78
Scott, Walter, 37, 38, 77, 79, 81, 82, 85–6, Tooke, Horne, 18
128 Toryism/Tories, 9–10, 37, 73–4, 75, 79, 81,
Scottish Home Rule Association, 138 113, 121–2, 127–8, 132, 144
Scottish Insurrection of 1820, The, 1, 4–5, 89, trials
102, 131, 143 in 1817, 39–48, 111–12
Scottish National League, 142 in 1820, 110–15
Scottish National Party, 1, 127, 142, 143 tricolour flag, 73, 79
Selkirk, 93 True Scotsman, 133
Sherry, Frank, 142 Turner, James, 131, 137
Sherwin, William, 66
Union, Anglo-Scottish (1707), 112–13, 142
Shields, James, 103
Union canal, 17
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 13,
Union Societies see radicalism/radicals
20, 30, 36, 37, 61, 64, 81, 86–7, 91, 92,
Use and Abuse of Charity, 82
93, 94, 95, 96, 103, 104, 107, 108, 111,
118, 120 Vansittart, Nicholas, 22, 55
Sidney, Algernon, 26 volunteers, 36, 68, 76, 84–6, 90, 100, 102,
Six Acts, 63, 78, 80, 86–7, 104, 119 109, 118
slavery/slave trade, 16, 18, 40 Visionary, 82
Smellie, John, 105
Smithfield, 64 Wade, John, 65
Southey, Robert, 37 Wahrman, Dror, 82, 119, 124
Spa Fields (1816), 27, 28–9, 32, 34, 35 Wallace, William, 18, 65, 69, 72, 81, 120,
Spain, 9, 94, 142 140, 144
Speirs, James, 105, 112, 133 war, 7, 26–7, 83, 124, 139
Spence, Thomas, 14 Washington, George, 65
spenceans, 28–9 Watson, ‘Dr’ James, 29, 62
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Watt, Robert, 112 Wilson, James, 67, 101, 111, 112, 114, 127,
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 130, 133–4, 136, 138, 139
22, 137 Wilson, John, 67, 101, 111
Whatley, Christopher A., 1 Wood, Ian, 140
Whiggism/Whigs, 4, 9–11, 34, 44–51, 55, Wooler, Thomas, 44, 55, 61, 66, 92
57–8, 59, 66, 73–4, 75, 77–80, 83–4, Worker, 140
112–17, 123, 124, 125, 131 Wroe, James, 65
Whitbread, Samuel, 47
White, Andrew, 135 yeomanry corps see volunteers
William III and II, King of England, Scot- York, 73, 96, 112, 120
land and Ireland, 122 York, Prince Frederick, Duke of, 10, 12, 22
William IV, King of Great Britain and Yorkshire, 78, 83
Ireland, 130 Young South Country Weaver, 81

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