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John Porteous
(1695-1736)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Porteous, John, d. 1736
NRA:    Porteous John (d 1736) Captain of the Edinburgh City Guard
DNB:    Porteous, John (c.1695-1736), army officer and victim of crowd violence
LBT ID: JoPorte1836    VIAF ID: 55804519    LOC ID: n92033305		B/BAP:   1695
DIED:   1736-09-07
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Leader of the City Guard in Edinburgh who was lynched after firing upon a mob; the story is related by Walter Scott in The Heart of Midlothian (1818).
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