LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Richards, W. J. [alias William Oliver; called Oliver the Spy] (1774?–1827), spy and agent provocateur LBT ID: WiRicha1827 | B/BAP: 1774 DIED: 1827-08 |
| SOURCES: DNB | |
Government informant who in 1817 infiltrated radical groups and was accused by the
Opposition of fomenting riots; after being exposed he emigrated to the Cape Colony. | |
