John Wilkes 1727 - 1797, Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of London statue. The statue stands just inside the City of London, on Fetter Lane

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John Wilkes 1727 - 1797, Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of London statue. The statue stands just inside the City of London, on Fetter Lane, surrounded by the New Street Square development. It is a Talking Statue. John Wilkes (17 October 1725 – 26 December 1797) was an English radical, journalist, and politician. He was first elected Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters—rather than the House of Commons—to determine their representatives. In 1768 angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the St George's Fields Massacre. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to publish verbatim accounts of parliamentary debates. In 1776, he introduced the first bill for parliamentary reform in the British Parliament.

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Size: 3428px × 5135px
Location: London, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © David Colbran / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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