The North Briton

This article is about the historical newspaper. For other uses, see North Briton.

The North Briton was a radical newspaper published in 18th-century London. The North Briton also served as the pseudonym of the newspaper's author, used in advertisements, letters to other publications, and handbills.

Although written anonymously,[1] The North Briton is closely associated with the name of John Wilkes.[2] The newspaper is chiefly famous for issue number 45, the forty or so court cases spawned by that issue, and for the genesis of "45" as a popular slogan of liberty in the latter part of the 18th century. The paper was also known for its virulently anti-Scottish sentiment.[3]

  1. ^ Noorthouck, John (1773). A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark. pp. 419–450.
  2. ^ Cash, Arthur (2006). John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-300-12363-9.
  3. ^ Dew, Benjamin. ""waving a mouchoir a la ' wilkes": hume, radicalism and the north briton∗" (PDF). the core. Retrieved 23 September 2021.