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Daily dispatches from the long 18th century. Scandals, speeches, satins, seditions. #OnThisDay in Georgian Britain.

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20 July 1772 – Captain Robert Jones, celebrated skating author and fireworks enthusiast, is convicted of sodomy. Though condemned he escapes execution and sparks one of Georgian England’s first public debates on class, sexuality & justice. #OnThisDay #GeorgianBritain #18thCentury

20 July 1772 – Captain Robert Jones, celebrated skating author and fireworks enthusiast, is convicted of sodomy. Though condemned he escapes execution and sparks one of Georgian England’s first public debates on class, sexuality & justice. #OnThisDay #GeorgianBritain #18thCentury