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The Edinburgh mob carrying Captain Porteous to execution. Captain John Porteous, c. 1695 1736. Scottish soldier and Captain of the Edinburgh City or Town Guard. He was lynched by a mob during the Porteous Riots of 1736 for his part in the killing of innocent civilians while ordering the men under his command to quell a disturbance during a public hanging in the Grassmarket. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published c.1890.

The Edinburgh mob carrying Captain Porteous to execution. Captain John Porteous, c. 1695 1736. Scottish soldier and Captain of the Edinburgh City or Town Guard. He was lynched by a mob during the Porteous Riots of 1736 for his part in the killing of innocent civilians while ordering the men under his command to quell a disturbance during a public hanging in the Grassmarket. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published c.1890.
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The Edinburgh mob carrying Captain Porteous to execution. Captain John Porteous, c. 1695 1736. Scottish soldier and Captain of the Edinburgh City or Town Guard. He was lynched by a mob during the Porteous Riots of 1736 for his part in the killing of innocent civilians while ordering the men under his command to quell a disturbance during a public hanging in the Grassmarket. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published c.1890.
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