LIBERTY WILKES
\lˈɪbəti wˈɪlks], \lˈɪbəti wˈɪlks], \l_ˈɪ_b_ə_t_i w_ˈɪ_l_k_s]\
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John W., brewer; M.P. for Aylesbury, 1757; founder of the North Briton, the attacks of which drove Bute from the ministry. Elected several times for Middlesex, but the elections were declared void; an immoral and violent man, but most popular, especially during imprisonment, as the champion of "liberty." Released, and, in 1774, lord mayor, and for many years M. P. for Middlesex (born 1727, died 1797).
By Henry Percy Smith
