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W. J. Richards [Oliver the Spy]
(1774 c.-1827)

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.
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