NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Brandreth, Jeremiah, d. 1817 DNB: Brandreth, Jeremiah [called the Nottingham Captain] (1786/1790–1817), revolutionary politician LBT ID: JeBrand1817 | B/BAP: 1786 DIED: 1817-11-07 |
SOURCES: DNB | |
Of obscure origins, he was a proletarian radical betrayed by “Oliver the Spy”
and executed for leading an attack on Nottingham. | |
REFERENCES TO Jeremiah Brandreth: Robert Southey to John Jebb, 6 March 1833 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1:
¶ 6 |