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Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet (25 January 1770 – 23 January 1844) was a British politician and Member of Parliament who gained notoriety as a proponent (in advance of the Chartists) of universal male suffrage, equal electoral districts, vote by ballot, and annual parliaments.
Sir Francis Burdett, 5. Baronet (* 25. Januar 1770 in Foremarke Hall, Derbyshire; † 23. Januar 1844 in London) war ein britischer Reformpolitiker.
Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet was an English politician and a zealous and courageous advocate of reform who more than once endured imprisonment for his radical views; he later lost interest in uprooting abuses and allied himself with the Conservative Party. His marriage to a wealthy woman.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Burdett, an important figure in the development of early nineteenth century radicalism, had had a turbulent career as the advocate of and martyr for parliamentary reform during the war years. Thereafter his brand of patrician radicalism, with its strong element of Tory romanticism, held little appeal for working class radicals of the provincial ...
Sir Francis Burdett. (1770—1844) politician. Quick Reference. (1770–1844), aristocratic reformer. The most prominent radical reformer of the Napoleonic war years, he reappropriated much of the traditional popular association between patriotism and political opposition which had been lost in the 1790s. [...]
An aristocrat and an independent MP, Burdett entered Parliament in 1796 to become the most influential radical politician. He championed free speech, personal liberty and radical state prisoners. In 1807, with the help of labour activist Francis Place, Burdett successfully stood for Westminster - a hotbed of radicalism.
A hand-coloured print of three figures representing Honour, Integrity and Corruption. In the middle stands Sir Francis Burdett the Political reformer wearing a sash marked 'Magna Charta' as he leads the honest John Bull by the hand.
