Georgian era

The Georgian era covers the period from 1714 to 1830 and is normally defined as spanning the reigns of, the first four Hanoverian kings of Great Britain: George I, George II, George III and George IV. It was a period of Religious bigotry born of the Reformation in the reign of Henry VI. (Refer Timeline)

It was the Georgian era in the reign of George III, King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820.

Monarchy - George III

Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger (Tory), became the youngest British prime minister in 1783 at the age of 24. He left office in 1801,

• Lord North, who as Prime Minister presided over the loss of the American colonies, and who expressed satisfaction in Parliament with regard to the Priestley riots

1783: The Americans and British signed a preliminary peace treaty on November 30, 1782; they signed the final treaty, known as the Peace of Paris, on September 10, 1783.

1788: 18 January - Captain Arthur Phillip's ship arrives at Botany Bay. On 26 January 1788, eleven ships of a First Fleet from Botany Bay led by Arthur Phillip landed in what later became Sydney, Australia. Britain establishes the prison colony of New South Wales, the first permanent European settlement on the new continent.

1789: French Revolution: Wikipedia:- "Following the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, the French government was deeply in debt. It attempted to restore its financial status through unpopular taxation schemes, which were heavily regressive. Years of bad harvests leading up to the Revolution also inflamed popular resentment of the privileges enjoyed by the aristocracy and the Catholic clergy of the established church. Demands for change were formulated in terms of Enlightenment ideals and contributed to the convocation of the Estates General in May 1789. During the first year of the Revolution, members of the Third Estate (commoners) took control, the Bastille was attacked in July, 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was passed in August, and a women's march on Versailles that forced the royal court back to Paris in October. A central event of the first stage, in August 1789, was the abolition of feudalism and the old rules and privileges left over from the Ancien Régime."

1791: from 14 July to 17 July 1791- The Birmingham Riots took place:- "Anger against dissenters came to a head in 1791 when the mob rose against the Minister of the New Meeting saying that, as a lover of liberty, he was a sympathiser with the revolutionary party in France; and the rabid zeal of the mob for church and king needed only a spark to be kindled into a blaze." Dr Joseph Priestley, scientist and philosopher, had organised the meeting, to celebrate the second anniversary of the French Revolution. Many of those present lost their homes and business to the mobs intent on destroying Dissenters. He declared his opinion so: 'That the true source of the riots at Birmingham was religious bigotry, and the animosity of the high church party against the dissenters, and especially against the Presbyterians and Unitarians, and not the commemoration of the French Revolution”.

Consider the bloody riots of Birmingham two months prior, a group of gentlemen were hurriedly sworn in as special constables, under Captain Carver and they tried to save the estate of an eminent employer in the district, Mr J. Taylor Esq. of Bordesley:

Footnotes:-

"The Birmingham riots of 1791: a closely copied reprint of a pamphlet published immediately after their occurrence. With an introduction" Extract p. 6:- "This mansion was superbly furnished and "situated in the midst of park, at Bordesley, about half a mile from the town. This house was first attacked on Friday, the 15th of July. Upon hearing the news, a party of gentlemen who had been sworn constables, headed by Captain Carver, repaired to the place, and drove the Rioters whom they found in the cellar from the premises, of which they kept possession till the title-deeds, writings, & c. belonging to Mr. Taylor, together with some small part of the furniture, were removed. Towards the evening however, being joined by the party who effected the destruction of Mr Ryland’s and people similarly disposed from other parts, the Rioters acquired an accession of strength, which rendered ineffectual the resistance of the gentlemen, many of whom were severely beaten. Thus circumstanced, Captain Carver, as a last effort, offered the Mob the immediate payment of one hundred guineas not to burn it. The answer returned was – “No bribery.” The Captain immediately threw himself in to the midst of them, and narrowly escaped their fury. When the night set in, the flames appeared through the roof, and this beautiful and spacious mansion, the greatest part of its superb furniture, its stable, offices, and ricks, were totally destroyed, excepting the walls.".

See also: A Brief history of The Birmingham riots of 1791:- Captain Carver:-@

https://billdargue.jimdo.com/glossary-brief-histories/a-brief-history-of-birmingham/the-1791-riots/

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http://www.jquarter.org.uk/webdisk/moreriots.htm