John Horne Tooke, known as John Horne until 1782 when he added the surname of his friend William Tooke to his own, was an English clergyman, politician and philologist. Associated with radical proponents of parliamentary reform, he stood trial for treason in 1794.
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A portrait of John Horne Tooke (right) in discussion with John Glynn and John Wilkes
"Two Pair of Portraits;" - presented to all the unbiassed Electors of Great Britain, an anti-Whig caricature published 1798 by James Gillray showing Fox as the personification of vice next to a portrait of Pitt as the embodiment of honesty, followed by portraits of their fathers, Lord Holland and William Pitt senior displayed below. The title is an allusion to the pamphlet by the same title written by Horne Tooke.
Bust of Horne Tooke (1811) by Francis Leggatt Chantrey
Chester House, Wimbledon, in 2016
Memorial (1919) by Louis Frederick Roslyn in St Mary's Church, EalingWriters born in the 1730s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1736 to 1812 · aged 75
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