History of Parliament · @HistParl
1218 followers · 345 posts · Server mas.to#OTD 1788 Lord George Gordon was sentenced for libel after his slanderous comments about Marie Antoinette. But this wasn't his first time in trouble with the law; in 1780 Gordon had given his name to the treasonous 'Gordon Riots'. More about him here: http://ow.ly/TVAo50xSbOP
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