Life
1766-1822; Irish journalist, who was imprisoned 1797-99 for editing The
Press, in which appeared a letter protesting the execution of William
Orr; later author of reports critical of Walecheren Expedition in the
Morning Chronicle, 1809; forced to return on an English warship;
first active war correspondent; sentenced to 18 months for libelling Castlereagh;
received public subscription of £2,000; issued The Case of Peter Finnerty
(1811), which ran to four eds. DNB DIW DIB
Notes
Dictionary of National Biography, ed. The Press (Dublin);
punished for political libel, though defended by Curran, 1797; imprisoned
for libel of Castlereagh in Morning Chronicle, 1811.
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