John Castle

(1817 fl.)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Castle, John LBT ID: JoCastl1817 VIAF ID: 39830305 LOC ID: nb2010009547
SOURCES: Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
A pseudonym of the government informers Ronald Charles Payne and John William Garrod who attempted to convict the radical James Watson following the Spa Fields riots.
REFERENCES TO John Castle: John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 18 June 1817 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 1 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, “The Quarterly Review. Mr. Keats” in The Examiner (11 October 1818) 648-49 Found 1: ¶ 2 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter V: 1817