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William Jackson
(1737 c.-1795)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Jackson, William, 1737?-1795
DNB:    Jackson, William [pseud. Scrutineer] (1737?-1795), journalist and spy
LBT ID: WiJacks1795    VIAF ID: 39231772    LOC ID: nr91018544
B/BAP:   1737
DIED:   1795-05-03
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Irish clergyman who wrote for the Morning Post and afterwards as a spy for the French government, plotting an invasion of Britain; he was found guilty of treason and poisoned himself before he could be executed.
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