Poet Allan Ramsay witnessed this event, which followed a robbery at Pittenweem.
Poet Allan Ramsay witnessed this event, which followed a robbery at Pittenweem. After this event, Alexander Wilson, the Lord Provost, was prevented from holding any future governmental positions. Prior to this event, George Robertson managed to escape while attending a church service after the heroics of a compatriot who held off four guards. Following this event, its namesake requested and received a reprieve from Queen Caroline. Armed men broke into Tolbooth prison and hanged the namesake of this event on a signpost in the street. This event occurred after the hanging of the smuggler Andrew Wilson, at which the namesake Captain of the City Guard's attempts to quell a mob by firing randomly into the crowd, killing innocent civilians. The gruesome manner of this event's namesake is described in a novel chronicling the lives on Effie and Jeanie Deans. For 10 points, name these Edinburgh riots that were described in detail in Sir Walter Scott's The Heart of Midlothian.
Poet Allan Ramsay witnessed this event, which followed a robbery at Pittenweem.
Porteous Riots