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Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet (25 January 1770 – 23 January 1844) was a British politician and Member of Parliament who gained notoriety as a proponent (in advance of the Chartists) of universal male suffrage, equal electoral districts, vote by ballot, and annual parliaments.
Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet (born Jan. 25, 1770, Wiltshire, Eng.—died Jan. 23, 1844, London) was an English politician and a zealous and courageous advocate of reform who more than once endured imprisonment for his radical views; he later lost interest in uprooting abuses and allied himself with the Conservative Party.
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Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt. (1770-1844), Parliamentary reformer. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 135 portraits. An aristocrat and an independent MP, Burdett entered Parliament in 1796 to become the most influential radical politician.
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Sir Francis Burdett. (1770—1844) politician. Quick Reference. (1770–1844), aristocratic reformer. The most prominent radical reformer of the Napoleonic war years, he reappropriated much of the traditional popular association between patriotism and political opposition which had been lost in the 1790s. [...]
The Oxford Companion to British History. Burdett, Sir Francis (1770–1844). A wealthy, patrician landowner, Burdett was an outstanding example of gentry or Tory-radical leadership of popular radical movements.
Burdett, an important figure in the development of early nineteenth century radicalism, had had a turbulent career as the advocate of and martyr for parliamentary reform during the war years.
