Abstract
The Gordon Riots, which resulted from anti‐Catholic tensions, were some of the most serious riots in eighteenth‐century England. In 1778 Parliament passed the first Catholic Relief Act, curtailing various provisions of the persecuting English penal code. Soon afterwards, a Protestant Association, demanding the measure's repeal, was founded under the leadership of Lord George Gordon (1751–93), an eccentric MP from a Scottish noble family. Petitions for the Relief Act's repeal were raised in London and the English provinces. In Scotland petitions inveighed against a proposed relief bill for that country; and, early in 1779, rioting in Edinburgh and Glasgow ensured the abandonment of the planned legislation.
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