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Irish politician and activist For other people named Richard Martin , see Richard Martin ( disambiguation ) . Richard Martin Member of Parliament for County Galway In office 1818- 1826 Serving with James Daly Member of Parliament for County Galway In office 1801- 1812 Serving with Richard Le Poer Trench 1801-1805 Denis Bowes Daly 1805-1812 Member of Parliament for County Galway In office 1800-1801 Member of Parliament for Lanesborough In office 1798-1800 Member of Parliament for Jamestown In office 1776- 1783 Personal details Born ( 1754-01-17) 17 January 1754 Dangan , County Galway , Ireland Died 6 January 1834 ( 1834-01-06 ) ( aged 79 ) Boulogne-sur-Mer , France Political party Independent Other political affiliations Patriot Party ( 1776-83 ) Spouse(s ) Hon . Elizabeth Vesey ( divorced 1791 ) Harriet Evans Martin ( m. 1794 ) Education Harrow School Alma mater Trinity College , Cambridge Occupation Politician , animal welfare campaigner Military service Allegiance Ireland Branch/service Yeomanry Irish Volunteers Rank Colonel Unit Ballynahinch Yeomanry County Galway Volunteers Colonel Richard Martin ( 15 January 1754 - 6 January 1834 ) , was an Irish politician and campaigner against cruelty to animals . He was known as Humanity Dick , a nickname bestowed on him by King George IV . He succeeded in getting the pioneering Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act 1822 , nicknamed ' Martin 's Act ' , passed into British law . Early life Martin was born at Dangan in County Galway , the only son of Robert Martin FitzAnthony of Birch Hall , County Galway , and Bridget Barnwall , a daughter of Robert Barnewall , 12th Baron Trimlestown . He was raised at Dangan House , situated on the Corrib River , four miles upriver from the town of Galway . His father 's family were Jacobites and one of " The Tribes of Galway , " fourteen merchant families who ruled Galway from the 14th to 17th centuries . The Barnwalls were an ennobled family of Norman descent based in the counties of Dublin , Kildare and Meath in Leinster . Bridget Barnwall died when Richard was nine years old . Richard 's father later married Mary Lynch , a member of another " Tribal " family , with whom he had sons Robert and Anthony . Though both of his parents were born to Catholics , Richard Martin was raised a Protestant and educated in England and later became a wealthy landlord in Ireland . He studied at Harrow and then after some tutelage for exams to gain admission at Trinity College , Cambridge , he " was admitted a gentleman-commoner at Trinity on 4 March 1773 . " Martin did not graduate with a degree but studied for admission to the bar and was admitted to Lincoln 's Inn on 1 February 1776 . He served as a lawyer in Ireland and became High Sheriff of Galway in 1782 . In the Londonderry Journal of 13 June 1786 , it was reported that Martin 's black slave boy , reputedly the son of a west African king , was permitted to resign from Martin 's service after his father had died and he was recalled to succeed to the throne . Adult life Martin entered the Irish House of Commons in 1776 , sitting for Jamestown until 1783 . After a break of fifteen years , he was returned to Parliament for Lanesborough in 1798 , promoting Catholic Emancipation . Just before the Act of Union dissolved the Irish Parliament and obliged Irish MPs to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom , he was elected for County Galway . He continued to represent County Galway in Westminster as a political independent until 1812 and again from 1818 , supporting the Tory government of Lord Liverpool . In the House of Commons he was known for his interruptions and humorous speeches . He continued his work towards Irish Catholic Emancipation till 1826 , when he had to flee to France . Emancipation was finally granted in 1829 , much to his delight . He was also " a member of the Society for the amelioration and gradual abolition of Slavery throughout the British Dominions which had been formed in 1823 . " Anti-animal cruelty and RSPCA Caricature of Richard Martin , W. Kitchiner , Samuel Phillips Eady : Martin 's Bill in Operation ( published 1924 ) . A painting of the Trial of Bill Burns , showing Richard Martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted London 's newspapers and music halls Martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . Martin 's attempt to have an anti-cruelty-to-animals bill passed stands in a chronological line with some previous failed efforts in England 's Parliament . A sympathetic groundswell of public opinion emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century in opposition to cultural amusements such as bull-baiting and cock-fighting and in the visible maltreatment of animals that were herded in for slaughter at London 's Smithfield Market . The first unsuccessful legislative attempt was led by William Johnstone Pulteney on 18 April 1800 to ban bull-baiting but it was lost to the opposition vote in the House of Commons . A renewed effort was undertaken in 1809 with an anti-cruelty bill introduced into the House of Lords by Lord Erskine ( 1750-1823 ) which passed in that House but was defeated by a vote in the House of Commons . Martin voted in favour of both Pulteney 's and Erskine 's bills . Martin drafted a new bill in consultation with the then retired Lord Erskine as well as with the agricultural writer and animal rights advocate John Lawrence ( 1753-1839 ) . , entitled the " Ill Treatment of Cattle Bill " . The bill passed in the House of Commons by twenty-nine to eighteen votes , then through the House of Lords and was signed by the king , becoming the Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act 1822 on 21 June 1822 . He also tried to spread his ideas in the streets of London , becoming the target of jokes and political cartoons that depicted him with the ears of a donkey . He also sometimes paid fines of minor offenders . In May 1824 he attempted to widen the scope of anti-cruelty legislation by introducing the Slaughtering of Horses Bill which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses to keep proper records of food allocated to each horse and with penalties applied to those using a horse that had a disabled limb to haul carts . This bill was defeated on 15 June 1824 . In 1821 letters were exchanged by various correspondents in periodicals raising concerns about the maltreatment of animals , which included one written by Rev. Arthur Broome that was published in The Kaleidoscope on 6 March 1821 . Broome attempted to bring together the patronage of persons who were of social rank and committed to social reforms and he chaired a meeting that was held in November 1822 to create a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . This initial attempt however faltered and a fresh attempt to launch the society was organized by Broome at a meeting on 16 June 1824 at Old Slaughter 's Coffee House , London . Broome invited various clergy , lawyers and parliamentarians to vote on the resolution to create the Society and among those present were Thomas Fowell Buxton MP ( 1786-1845 ) , William Wilberforce ( 1759-1833 ) , Richard Martin , Sir James Mackintosh MP , Basil Montagu , William Mudford , Rev. George Avery Hatch ( 1757-1837 ) , Rev George Bonner ( 1784-1840 ) , Sir James Graham , J. G. Meymott , John Ashley Warre and Lewis Gompertz . Broome was elected as the society 's first honorary secretary . Due to Martin 's profile as a politician and as the drafter of the anti-cruelty legislation , a public perception developed that he was the initiator and creator of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . At the Society 's first anniversary meeting Martin set the public record straight and gave credit to Rev Broome by stating : " I have nothing at all to do with it , " he said " it is quite a child of Mr . Broome 's and he has acted the part of a good father to it . " During 1826 the society 's debts became greater than its revenue , and Broome as the society 's guarantor was sentenced by the Kings Bench to the debtors ' prison , and Martin and Gompertz raised funds to cover the debts and obtain Broome 's release . Martin maintained an interest in the Society even after he left England and resettled in France . Active life Martin also had a very eventful life . He was a colonel of the County Galway Volunteers . He survived two shipwrecks . He fought over a hundred duels with sword and pistol and earned the nickname " Hairtrigger Dick " . He travelled extensively in Europe and the Americas during the 1770s and was in New England when the American Revolutionary War began . He initiated Galway 's first theatre in 1783 . Martin was on a first-name basis with many of the famous names of his age , including King George IV ( who gave him the nickname " Humanity Dick " ) , Henry Flood , Henry Grattan , William Pitt , Queen Caroline , and Daniel O' Connell . Despite his nickname he was considered a very harsh landlord in Ireland . On his death in 1834 his son Thomas became his heir . A workhouse was built on his estate during the Irish famine . Although the workhouse was an apparent pledge to help the poor suffering from starvation , it is agreed that Thomas and his family did little to help and approximately 150,000 people died on their land during this period from starvation and fever . Most of Martin 's estate ( approx . 200,000 acres ( 809 km^2 ) ) was in the west of Ireland and this area had one of the highest death tolls during the Famine . Unseating and escape After the election of 1826 , Martin ( now a heavy gambler ) lost his parliamentary seat because of a petition which accused him of illegal voter intimidation during the election . He had to flee into hasty exile to Boulogne , France , because he could no longer invoke parliamentary immunity to avoid arrest for debt . He died there peacefully in the presence of his second wife and their three daughters on 6 January 1834 . Family Martin 's first wife was the Honourable Elizabeth Vesey , a daughter of Lord Trimlestown . They had nine children , of whom only three survived childhood . His daughter , Mary , was born in 1783 . Her brothers were Thomas B . Martin ( 1786-1847 ) and St. George ( died 1805 ) . Following the revelation of her affair with a Mr. Petrie in Paris , Martin sued Petrie for criminal conversation in 1791 and was awarded £10,000 . He had this distributed to the poor by throwing it out the windows of his coach on the long journey back from London to Galway . In 1793 , he married the novelist Harriet Evans Martin in Nenagh . They had four surviving children , including Rev. Richard Martin ( 1797-1878 ) and the writer Harriet Letitia Martin ( 1801-1891 ) . The former emigrated to Canada in 1834 and had descendants who included D' Arcy Argue Counsell Martin ( c. 1899-1992 ) . During the period of the family 's exile in Boulogne they became well acquainted with the poet Sarah Burdett ( herself a relative of Baroness Burdett-Coutts 1814-1906 ) and she wrote a poem on 12 April 1834 expressing admiration and blessings on Mary Jane Martin ( Richard 's daughter born in 1810 ) . Burdett was an early supporter of the RSPCA and had her views published in 1839 in The Rights of Animals . |
| irish politician [PERSON] and activist [PERSON] for other people [HUMAN GROUP] named richard martin [PERSON] , see richard martin [PERSON] ( disambiguation [ACT] ) . richard [PERSON] martin member [PERSON] of parliament [HUMAN GROUP] for county galway [PLACE] in office [PLACE] 1818- 1826 serving with james daly member [PERSON] of parliament [HUMAN GROUP] for county galway [PLACE] in office [PLACE] 1801- 1812 serving with richard [PERSON] le poer trench 1801-1805 denis bowes daly 1805-1812 member [PERSON] of parliament [HUMAN GROUP] for county galway [PLACE] in office [PLACE] 1800-1801 member [PERSON] of parliament [HUMAN GROUP] for lanesborough in office [PLACE] 1798-1800 member [PERSON] of parliament [HUMAN GROUP] for jamestown [PLACE] in office [PLACE] 1776- 1783 personal details born ( 1754-01-17) 17 january [PERIOD] 1754 dangan [PLACE] , county galway [PLACE] , ireland [PLACE] died 6 january [PERIOD] 1834 ( 1834-01-06 ) ( aged 79 ) boulogne-sur-mer , france [PLACE] political party independent [PERSON] other political affiliations patriot party [FORCE] ( 1776-83 ) spouse(s ) hon [PERSON] . elizabeth vesey [PERSON] ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin [PERSON] ( m. 1794 ) education harrow [PLACE] school alma mater trinity college [INSTITUTION] , cambridge occupation politician [PERSON] , animal welfare campaigner [PERSON] military service [INSTITUTION] allegiance ireland [PLACE] branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank [RANK] colonel [PERSON] unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway [PLACE] volunteers [PERSON] colonel [PERSON] richard martin [PERSON] ( 15 january [PERIOD] 1754 - 6 january [PERIOD] 1834 ) , was an irish politician [PERSON] and campaigner [PERSON] against cruelty [ACT] to animals [ANIMAL] . he was known as humanity dick [PERSON] , a nickname [PERSON] bestowed on him by king george iv [PERSON] . he succeeded in getting the pioneering cruel treatment [TREATMENT] of cattle act [ACT] 1822 , nicknamed ' martin [PERSON] 's act [ACT] ' , passed into british law [PLACE] . early life [EVENT] martin [PERSON] was born at dangan [PLACE] in county galway [PLACE] , the only son [PERSON] of robert martin [PERSON] fitzanthony [PERSON] of birch hall [PLACE] , county galway [PLACE] , and bridget barnwall [PERSON] , a daughter [PERSON] of robert barnewall [PERSON] , 12th baron trimlestown [PLACE] . he was raised at dangan house [PLACE] , situated on the corrib river [PLACE] , four miles [UNIT] upriver from the town [PLACE] of galway [PLACE] . his father [PERSON] 's family [HUMAN GROUP] were jacobites [UNKNOWN] and one of " the tribes [UNKNOWN] of galway [PLACE] , " fourteen merchant families [INSTANCE] who ruled galway [PLACE] from the 14th to 17th centuries [RACE] . the barnwalls [UNKNOWN] were an ennobled family [HUMAN GROUP] of norman descent [INSTANCE] based in the counties [LAND] of dublin [PLACE] , kildare [PERSON] and meath [PERSON] in leinster [UNKNOWN] . bridget barnwall [PERSON] died when richard [PERSON] was nine years [PERIOD] old . richard [PERSON] 's father [PERSON] later married mary lynch [PERSON] , a member [PERSON] of another " tribal [PERSON] " family [HUMAN GROUP] , with whom he had sons robert [PERSON] and anthony [PERSON] . though both of his parents [PERSON] were born to catholics [UNKNOWN] , richard martin [PERSON] was raised a protestant [PERSON] and educated in england [PLACE] and later became a wealthy landlord [FISH] in ireland [PLACE] . he studied at harrow [PLACE] and then after some tutelage [ACT] for exams [UNKNOWN] to gain admission [ACT] at trinity college [INSTITUTION] , cambridge [PERSON] , he " was admitted a gentleman-commoner at trinity [PERSON] on 4 march [PERIOD] 1773 . " martin [PERSON] did not graduate with a degree [PLACE] but studied for admission [ACT] to the bar [PLACE] and was admitted to lincoln [PLACE] 's inn [ESTATE] on 1 february [PERIOD] 1776 . he served as a lawyer [PERSON] in ireland [PLACE] and became high sheriff [PERSON] of galway [PLACE] in 1782 . in the londonderry journal [PLACE] of 13 june [PERIOD] 1786 , it was reported that martin [PERSON] 's black slave boy [PERSON] , reputedly the son [PERSON] of a west [PLACE] african [PLACE] king [PERSON] , was permitted to resign from martin [PERSON] 's service [INSTITUTION] after his father [PERSON] had died and he was recalled to succeed to the throne [PERSON] . adult life [EVENT] martin [PERSON] entered the irish house [PLACE] of commons [UNKNOWN] in 1776 , sitting for jamestown [PLACE] until 1783 . after a break [ACT] of fifteen years [PERIOD] , he was returned to parliament [HUMAN GROUP] for lanesborough in 1798 , promoting catholic emancipation [PERSON] . just before the act [ACT] of union [PLACE] dissolved the irish parliament [HUMAN GROUP] and obliged irish mps [PERSON] to sit in the parliament [HUMAN GROUP] of the united kingdom [PLACE] , he was elected for county galway [PLACE] . he continued to represent county galway [PLACE] in westminster [PLACE] as a political independent [PERSON] until 1812 and again from 1818 , supporting the tory government [GOVERNMENT] of lord liverpool [PERSON] . in the house [PLACE] of commons [UNKNOWN] he was known for his interruptions [ACT] and humorous speeches [SPEECH] . he continued his work [ACTIVITY] towards irish catholic emancipation [PERSON] [PERSON] till 1826 , when he had to flee to france [PLACE] . emancipation [PERSON] was finally granted in 1829 , much to his delight [PERSON] . he was also " a member [PERSON] of the society [INSTITUTION] for the amelioration [ACT] and gradual abolition [EVENT] of slavery [INSTITUTION] throughout the british dominions [UNKNOWN] which had been formed in 1823 . " anti-animal cruelty [ACT] and rspca caricature [PERSON] of richard martin [PERSON] , w. kitchiner [UNKNOWN] , samuel phillips eady [PERSON] : martin [PERSON] 's bill [PERSON] in operation [FORCE] ( published 1924 ) . a painting [ABSTRACT ENTITY] of the trial [EVENT] of bill burns [PERSON] , showing richard martin [PERSON] with the donkey [EVENT] in an astonished courtroom [ROOM] , leading to the world [PLACE] 's first known conviction [ACT] for animal cruelty [ACT] , a story [PERSON] that delighted london [PLACE] 's newspapers [QUANTITY] and music halls martin [PERSON] is now best known for his work [ACTIVITY] against animal cruelty [ACT] , especially against bear baiting [PERSON] and dog fighting [ACT] . martin [PERSON] 's attempt [ACTION] to have an anti-cruelty-to-animals bill [PERSON] passed stands [PERSON] in a chronological line [PERSON] with some previous failed efforts [ACTION] in england [PLACE] 's parliament [HUMAN GROUP] . a sympathetic groundswell [UNKNOWN] of public opinion [TRUST] emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century [PERIOD] in opposition [EVENT] to cultural amusements [ACTIVITY] such as bull-baiting and cock-fighting and in the visible maltreatment [TREATMENT] of animals [ANIMAL] that were herded in for slaughter [EVENT] at london [PLACE] 's smithfield market [AMOUNT] . the first unsuccessful legislative attempt [ACTION] was led by william johnstone pulteney [PERSON] on 18 april [PERIOD] 1800 to ban [PLACE] bull-baiting but it was lost to the opposition vote [ACT] in the house [PLACE] of commons [UNKNOWN] . a renewed effort [ACTION] was undertaken in 1809 with an anti-cruelty bill [PERSON] introduced into the house [PLACE] of lords [PERSON] by lord erskine [PERSON] ( 1750-1823 ) which passed in that house [PLACE] but was defeated by a vote [ACT] in the house [PLACE] of commons [UNKNOWN] . martin [PERSON] voted in favour [PERSON] of both pulteney [PERSON] 's and erskine [PERSON] 's bills [ESTATE] . martin [PERSON] drafted a new bill [PERSON] in consultation [ACT] with the then retired lord erskine [PERSON] as well as with the agricultural writer [PERSON] and animal rights [UNKNOWN] advocate john lawrence [PERSON] ( 1753-1839 ) . , entitled the " ill treatment [TREATMENT] of cattle bill [PERSON] " . the bill [PERSON] passed in the house [PLACE] of commons [UNKNOWN] by twenty-nine to eighteen votes [ACT] , then through the house [PLACE] of lords [PERSON] and was signed by the king [PERSON] , becoming the cruel treatment [TREATMENT] of cattle act [ACT] 1822 on 21 june [PERIOD] 1822 . he also tried to spread his ideas [IMAGE] in the streets [POSITION] of london [PLACE] , becoming the target [EVENT] of jokes [COLLECTION] and political cartoons [PORTION] that depicted him with the ears [SOUND] of a donkey [EVENT] . he also sometimes paid fines [PERSON] of minor offenders [PERSON] . in may [PERIOD] 1824 he attempted to widen the scope [OPPORTUNITY] of anti-cruelty legislation [PERSON] by introducing the slaughtering [ACTIVITY] of horses bill [PERSON] which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses [PLACE] to keep proper records [INSTANCE] of food [FOOD] allocated to each horse [HORSE] and with penalties [INSTANCE] applied to those using a horse [HORSE] that had a disabled limb [LIMB] to haul carts [PERSON] . this bill [PERSON] was defeated on 15 june [PERIOD] 1824 . in 1821 letters [SPEECH ACT] were exchanged by various correspondents [PERSON] in periodicals [EVENT] raising concerns [PERSON] about the maltreatment [TREATMENT] of animals [ANIMAL] , which included one written by rev. arthur broome [PERSON] that was published in the kaleidoscope [NUMBER] on 6 march [PERIOD] 1821 . broome [PERSON] attempted to bring together the patronage [PERSON] of persons [PERSON] who were of social rank [RANK] and committed to social reforms [AMOUNT] and he chaired a meeting [ACTIVITY] that was held in november [PERIOD] 1822 to create a society [INSTITUTION] for the prevention [ASSET] of cruelty [ACT] to animals [ANIMAL] . this initial attempt [ACTION] however faltered and a fresh attempt [ACTION] to launch the society [INSTITUTION] was organized by broome [PERSON] at a meeting [ACTIVITY] on 16 june [PERIOD] 1824 at old slaughter [EVENT] 's coffee house [PLACE] , london [PLACE] . broome [PERSON] invited various clergy [PERSON] , lawyers [PERSON] and parliamentarians [UNKNOWN] to vote [ACT] on the resolution [DISTANCE] to create the society [INSTITUTION] and among those present [PERIOD] were thomas fowell buxton mp [PERSON] ( 1786-1845 ) , william wilberforce [PERSON] ( 1759-1833 ) , richard martin [PERSON] , sir james mackintosh mp [PERSON] , basil montagu [PERSON] , william mudford [PERSON] , rev. george avery hatch ( 1757-1837 ) , rev george bonner [PERSON] ( 1784-1840 ) , sir james graham [PERSON] , j. g. meymott , john ashley warre [PERSON] and lewis gompertz [PERSON] . broome [PERSON] was elected as the society [INSTITUTION] 's first honorary secretary [PERSON] . due to martin [PERSON] 's profile [RANK] as a politician [PERSON] and as the drafter [PERSON] of the anti-cruelty legislation [PERSON] , a public perception [ORGANISATION] developed that he was the initiator [MATERIAL] and creator [PERSON] of the society [INSTITUTION] for the prevention [ASSET] of cruelty [ACT] to animals [ANIMAL] . at the society [INSTITUTION] 's first anniversary [TIME PERIOD] meeting [ACTIVITY] martin [PERSON] set the public record straight [CAT] and gave credit [EVENT] to rev broome [PERSON] by stating : " i have nothing [PERSON] at all to do with it , " he said " it is quite a child [PERSON] of mr . broome [PERSON] 's and he has acted the part of a good father [PERSON] to it . " during 1826 the society [INSTITUTION] 's debts [ACTION] became greater than its revenue [MONEY] , and broome [PERSON] as the society [INSTITUTION] 's guarantor [PERSON] was sentenced by the kings bench to the debtors [PERSON] ' prison [SOFTWARE] , and martin [PERSON] and gompertz [PERSON] raised funds [GROUP] to cover the debts [ACTION] and obtain broome [PERSON] 's release [PERSON] . martin [PERSON] maintained an interest [ELEMENT] in the society [INSTITUTION] even after he left england [PLACE] and resettled in france [PLACE] . active life [EVENT] martin [PERSON] also had a very eventful life [EVENT] . he was a colonel [PERSON] of the county galway [PLACE] volunteers [PERSON] . he survived two shipwrecks [RESULT] . he fought over a hundred duels [PART] with sword [PERSON] and pistol [PERSON] and earned the nickname [PERSON] " hairtrigger dick [PERSON] " . he travelled extensively in europe [PLACE] and the americas [UNKNOWN] during the 1770s and was in new england [PLACE] when the american revolutionary war [EVENT] began . he initiated galway [PLACE] 's first theatre [THEATER] in 1783 . martin [PERSON] was on a first-name basis [RESULT] with many of the famous names [NAME] of his age [PROPERTY] , including king george iv [PERSON] ( who gave him the nickname [PERSON] " humanity dick [PERSON] " ) , henry flood [PERSON] , henry grattan [PERSON] , william pitt [PERSON] , queen caroline [PERSON] , and daniel o' connell [PERSON] . despite his nickname [PERSON] he was considered a very harsh landlord [FISH] in ireland [PLACE] . on his death [EVENT] in 1834 his son thomas [PERSON] became his heir [PERSON] . a workhouse [SET] was built on his estate [ESTATE] during the irish famine [PERIOD] . although the workhouse [SET] was an apparent pledge [EVENT] to help the poor [UNKNOWN] suffering from starvation [CONDITION] , it is agreed that thomas [PERSON] and his family [HUMAN GROUP] did little to help and approximately 150,000 people [HUMAN GROUP] died on their land [LAND] during this period [PERIOD] from starvation [CONDITION] and fever [EVENT] . most of martin [PERSON] 's estate [ESTATE] ( approx [UNKNOWN] . 200,000 acres [UNIT] ( 809 km^2 ) ) was in the west [PLACE] of ireland [PLACE] and this area [AREA] had one of the highest death tolls [INSTANCE] during the famine [PERIOD] . unseating and escape after the election [PROCESS] of 1826 , martin [PERSON] ( now a heavy gambler [PERSON] ) lost his parliamentary seat [PROPERTY] because of a petition [ACT] which accused him of illegal voter intimidation [ACT] during the election [PROCESS] . he had to flee into hasty exile [PERSON] to boulogne [PLACE] , france [PLACE] , because he could no longer invoke parliamentary immunity [PERSON] to avoid arrest [UNKNOWN] for debt [ACTION] . he died there peacefully in the presence [STATE] of his second wife [PERSON] and their three daughters [PERSON] on 6 january [PERIOD] 1834 . family martin [PERSON] 's first wife [PERSON] was the honourable elizabeth vesey [PERSON] , a daughter [PERSON] of lord trimlestown [PERSON] . they had nine children [PERSON] , of whom only three survived childhood [PROPERTY] . his daughter [PERSON] , mary [PERSON] , was born in 1783 . her brothers [PERSON] were thomas b [PERSON] . martin [PERSON] ( 1786-1847 ) and st. george [PERSON] ( died 1805 ) . following the revelation [ACT] of her affair [RELATIONSHIP] with a mr. petrie [PERSON] in paris [PLACE] , martin [PERSON] sued petrie [PERSON] for criminal conversation [SITUATION] in 1791 and was awarded £10,000 . he had this distributed to the poor [UNKNOWN] by throwing it out the windows [PERIOD] of his coach [PERSON] on the long journey [PERSON] back from london [PLACE] to galway [PLACE] . in 1793 , he married the novelist harriet evans martin [PERSON] [PERSON] in nenagh [UNKNOWN] . they had four surviving children [PERSON] , including rev. richard martin [PERSON] ( 1797-1878 ) and the writer harriet letitia martin [PERSON] ( 1801-1891 ) . the former emigrated to canada [PLACE] in 1834 and had descendants [ELEMENT] who included d' arcy argue counsell martin [PERSON] ( c. 1899-1992 ) . during the period [PERIOD] of the family [HUMAN GROUP] 's exile [PERSON] in boulogne [PLACE] they became well acquainted with the poet sarah burdett [PERSON] ( herself a relative [EVENT] of baroness burdett-coutts 1814-1906 ) and she wrote a poem [PERSON] on 12 april [PERIOD] 1834 expressing admiration [EVENT] and blessings [ACT] on mary jane martin [PERSON] ( richard [PERSON] 's daughter [PERSON] born in 1810 ) . burdett [PERSON] was an early supporter [PERSON] of the rspca [PERSON] and had her views [ORGANISATION] published in 1839 in the rights [UNKNOWN] of animals [ANIMAL] . |
| Id | Form | Freq | Tag | Context | Error |
| 1 | martin | 17 | PERSON | for other people named richard martin , see richard martin ( disambiguation ) . | |
| 2 | society | 10 | INSTITUTION | he was also " a member of the society for the amelioration and gradual abolition of slavery throughout the british dominions which had been formed in 1823 . " | |
| 3 | county galway | 8 | PLACE | martin member of parliament for county galway | |
| 4 | parliament | 8 | HUMAN GROUP | martin member of parliament for county galway | |
| 5 | house | 7 | PLACE | he was raised at dangan house , situated on the corrib river , four miles upriver from the town of galway . | |
| 6 | broome | 7 | PERSON | arthur broome that was published in the kaleidoscope on 6 march 1821 . | |
| 7 | galway | 6 | PLACE | martin member of parliament for county galway | |
| 8 | animals | 6 | ANIMAL | colonel richard martin ( 15 january 1754 - 6 january 1834 ) , was an irish politician and campaigner against cruelty to animals . | |
| 9 | richard martin | 6 | PERSON | for other people named richard martin , see richard martin ( disambiguation ) . | |
| 10 | cruelty | 6 | ACT | colonel richard martin ( 15 january 1754 - 6 january 1834 ) , was an irish politician and campaigner against cruelty to animals . | |
| 11 | bill | 5 | PERSON | anti-animal cruelty and rspca caricature of richard martin , w. kitchiner , samuel phillips eady : martin 's bill in operation ( published 1924 ) . | |
| 12 | london | 5 | PLACE | a painting of the trial of bill burns , showing richard martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted london 's newspapers and music halls martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . | |
| 13 | ireland | 5 | PLACE | in office 1800-1801 member of parliament for lanesborough in office 1798-1800 member of parliament for jamestown in office 1776- 1783 personal details born ( 1754-01-17) 17 january 1754 dangan , county galway , ireland died 6 | |
| 14 | commons | 5 | UNKNOWN | martin entered the irish house of commons in 1776 , sitting for jamestown until 1783 . | |
| 15 | family | 5 | HUMAN GROUP | his father 's family were jacobites and one of " the tribes of galway , " fourteen merchant families who ruled galway from the 14th to 17th centuries . | |
| 16 | june | 4 | PERIOD | in the londonderry journal of 13 june 1786 , it was reported that martin 's black slave boy , reputedly the son of a west african king , was permitted to resign from martin 's service after his father had died and he was recalled to succeed to the throne . | |
| 17 | france | 4 | PLACE | boulogne-sur-mer , france | |
| 18 | father | 4 | PERSON | his father 's family were jacobites and one of " the tribes of galway , " fourteen merchant families who ruled galway from the 14th to 17th centuries . | |
| 19 | january | 4 | PERIOD | in office 1800-1801 member of parliament for lanesborough in office 1798-1800 member of parliament for jamestown in office 1776- 1783 personal details born ( 1754-01-17) 17 january 1754 dangan , county galway , ireland died 6 | |
| 20 | daughter | 4 | PERSON | martin was born at dangan in county galway , the only son of robert martin fitzanthony of birch hall , county galway , and bridget barnwall , a daughter of robert barnewall , 12th baron trimlestown . | |
| 21 | attempt | 4 | ACTION | martin 's attempt to have an anti-cruelty-to-animals bill passed stands in a chronological line with some previous failed efforts in england 's parliament . | |
| 22 | nickname | 4 | PERSON | he was known as humanity dick , a nickname bestowed on him by king george iv . | |
| 23 | england | 3 | PLACE | though both of his parents were born to catholics , richard martin was raised a protestant and educated in england and later became a wealthy landlord in ireland . | |
| 24 | richard | 3 | PERSON | for other people named richard martin , see richard martin ( disambiguation ) . | |
| 25 | life martin | 3 | PERSON | ||
| 26 | politician | 3 | PERSON | irish politician and activist | |
| 27 | member | 2 | PERSON | martin member of parliament for county galway | |
| 28 | debts | 2 | ACTION | at the society 's first anniversary meeting martin set the public record straight and gave credit to rev broome by stating : " i have nothing at all to do with it , " he said " it is quite a child of mr . broome 's and he has acted the part of a good father to it . " during 1826 the society 's debts became greater than its revenue , and broome as the society 's guarantor was sentenced by the kings | |
| 29 | people | 2 | HUMAN GROUP | for other people named richard martin , see richard martin ( disambiguation ) . | |
| 30 | period | 2 | PERIOD | although the workhouse was an apparent pledge to help the poor suffering from starvation , it is agreed that thomas and his family did little to help and approximately 150,000 people died on their land during this period from starvation and fever . | |
| 31 | horse | 2 | HORSE | in may 1824 he attempted to widen the scope of anti-cruelty legislation by introducing the slaughtering of horses bill which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses to keep proper records of food allocated to each horse and with penalties applied to those using a horse that had a disabled limb to haul carts . | |
| 32 | lords | 2 | PERSON | a renewed effort was undertaken in 1809 with an anti-cruelty bill introduced into the house of lords by lord erskine ( 1750-1823 ) which passed in that house but was defeated by a vote in the house of commons . | |
| 33 | meeting | 2 | ACTIVITY | broome attempted to bring together the patronage of persons who were of social rank and committed to social reforms and he chaired a meeting that was held in november 1822 to create a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals . | |
| 34 | admission | 2 | ACT | he studied at harrow and then after some tutelage for exams to gain admission at trinity college , cambridge , he " was admitted a gentleman-commoner at trinity on 4 march 1773 . " | |
| 35 | estate | 2 | ESTATE | a workhouse was built on his estate during the irish famine . | |
| 36 | boulogne | 2 | PLACE | boulogne sur-mer , france | |
| 37 | starvation | 2 | CONDITION | although the workhouse was an apparent pledge to help the poor suffering from starvation , it is agreed that thomas and his family did little to help and approximately 150,000 people died on their land during this period from starvation and fever . | |
| 38 | years | 2 | PERIOD | bridget barnwall died when richard was nine years old . | |
| 39 | lord erskine | 2 | PERSON | a renewed effort was undertaken in 1809 with an anti-cruelty bill introduced into the house of lords by lord erskine ( 1750-1823 ) which passed in that house but was defeated by a vote in the house of commons . | |
| 40 | rights | 2 | UNKNOWN | martin drafted a new bill in consultation with the then retired lord erskine as well as with the agricultural writer and animal rights advocate john lawrence ( 1753-1839 ) . , entitled the " ill treatment of cattle bill " . | |
| 41 | landlord | 2 | FISH | though both of his parents were born to catholics , richard martin was raised a protestant and educated in england and later became a wealthy landlord in ireland . | |
| 42 | jamestown | 2 | PLACE | in office 1800-1801 member of parliament for lanesborough in office 1798-1800 member of parliament for jamestown in office 1776- 1783 personal details born ( 1754-01-17) 17 january 1754 dangan , county galway , ireland died 6 | |
| 43 | bridget barnwall | 2 | PERSON | martin was born at dangan in county galway , the only son of robert martin fitzanthony of birch hall , county galway , and bridget barnwall , a daughter of robert barnewall , 12th baron trimlestown . | |
| 44 | workhouse | 2 | SET | a workhouse was built on his estate during the irish famine . | |
| 45 | cruel treatment | 2 | TREATMENT | he succeeded in getting the pioneering cruel treatment of cattle act 1822 , nicknamed ' martin 's act ' , passed into british law . | |
| 46 | office | 2 | PLACE | in office 1818- 1826 | |
| 47 | prevention | 2 | ASSET | broome attempted to bring together the patronage of persons who were of social rank and committed to social reforms and he chaired a meeting that was held in november 1822 to create a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals . | |
| 48 | poor | 2 | UNKNOWN | although the workhouse was an apparent pledge to help the poor suffering from starvation , it is agreed that thomas and his family did little to help and approximately 150,000 people died on their land during this period from starvation and fever . | |
| 49 | famine | 2 | PERIOD | a workhouse was built on his estate during the irish famine . | |
| 50 | act | 2 | ACT | he succeeded in getting the pioneering cruel treatment of cattle act 1822 , nicknamed ' martin 's act ' , passed into british law . | |
| 51 | wife | 2 | PERSON | he died there peacefully in the presence of his second wife and their three daughters on 6 january 1834 . | |
| 52 | cattle act | 2 | ACT | he succeeded in getting the pioneering cruel treatment of cattle act 1822 , nicknamed ' martin 's act ' , passed into british law . | |
| 53 | humanity dick | 2 | PERSON | he was known as humanity dick , a nickname bestowed on him by king george iv . | |
| 54 | legislation | 2 | PERSON | in may 1824 he attempted to widen the scope of anti-cruelty legislation by introducing the slaughtering of horses bill which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses to keep proper records of food allocated to each horse and with penalties applied to those using a horse that had a disabled limb to haul carts . | |
| 55 | donkey | 2 | EVENT | a painting of the trial of bill burns , showing richard martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted london 's newspapers and music halls martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . | |
| 56 | election | 2 | PROCESS | after the election of 1826 , martin ( now a heavy gambler ) lost his parliamentary seat because of a petition which accused him of illegal voter intimidation during the election . | |
| 57 | king george iv | 2 | PERSON | he was known as humanity dick , a nickname bestowed on him by king george iv . | |
| 58 | maltreatment | 2 | TREATMENT | a sympathetic groundswell of public opinion emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century in opposition to cultural amusements such as bull-baiting and cock-fighting and in the visible maltreatment of animals that were herded in for slaughter at london 's smithfield market . | |
| 59 | march | 2 | PERIOD | he studied at harrow and then after some tutelage for exams to gain admission at trinity college , cambridge , he " was admitted a gentleman-commoner at trinity on 4 march 1773 . " | |
| 60 | april | 2 | PERIOD | april 1800 to ban bull-baiting but it was lost to the opposition vote in the house of commons . | |
| 61 | son | 2 | PERSON | martin was born at dangan in county galway , the only son of robert martin fitzanthony of birch hall , county galway , and bridget barnwall , a daughter of robert barnewall , 12th baron trimlestown . | |
| 62 | children | 2 | PERSON | they had nine children , of whom only three survived childhood . | |
| 63 | work | 2 | ACTIVITY | he continued his work towards irish catholic emancipation till 1826 , when he had to flee to france . | |
| 64 | present | 1 | PERIOD | broome invited various clergy , lawyers and parliamentarians to vote on the resolution to create the society and among those present were thomas fowell buxton mp ( 1786-1845 ) , william wilberforce ( 1759-1833 ) , richard martin , sir james mackintosh mp , basil montagu , william mudford , rev. | |
| 65 | limb | 1 | LIMB | in may 1824 he attempted to widen the scope of anti-cruelty legislation by introducing the slaughtering of horses bill which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses to keep proper records of food allocated to each horse and with penalties applied to those using a horse that had a disabled limb to haul carts . | |
| 66 | creator | 1 | PERSON | due to martin 's profile as a politician and as the drafter of the anti-cruelty legislation , a public perception developed that he was the initiator and creator of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals . | |
| 67 | tutelage | 1 | ACT | he studied at harrow and then after some tutelage for exams to gain admission at trinity college , cambridge , he " was admitted a gentleman-commoner at trinity on 4 march 1773 . " | |
| 68 | county galway volunteers | 1 | PERSON | elizabeth vesey ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin ( m. 1794 ) education harrow school alma mater trinity college , cambridge occupation politician , animal welfare campaigner military service allegiance ireland branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank colonel unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway volunteers | |
| 69 | john lawrence | 1 | PERSON | martin drafted a new bill in consultation with the then retired lord erskine as well as with the agricultural writer and animal rights advocate john lawrence ( 1753-1839 ) . , entitled the " ill treatment of cattle bill " . | |
| 70 | descendants | 1 | ELEMENT | the former emigrated to canada in 1834 and had descendants who included d' arcy argue counsell martin ( c. 1899-1992 ) . | |
| 71 | kildare | 1 | PERSON | the barnwalls were an ennobled family of norman descent based in the counties of dublin , kildare and meath in leinster . | |
| 72 | lord liverpool | 1 | PERSON | he continued to represent county galway in westminster as a political independent until 1812 and again from 1818 , supporting the tory government of lord liverpool . | |
| 73 | baroness burdett coutts | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 74 | paris | 1 | PLACE | following the revelation of her affair with a mr. petrie in paris , martin sued petrie for criminal conversation in 1791 and was awarded £10,000 . | |
| 75 | break | 1 | ACT | after a break of fifteen years , he was returned to parliament for lanesborough in 1798 , promoting catholic emancipation . | |
| 76 | irish house | 1 | PLACE | martin entered the irish house of commons in 1776 , sitting for jamestown until 1783 . | |
| 77 | lawyers | 1 | PERSON | broome invited various clergy , lawyers and parliamentarians to vote on the resolution to create the society and among those present were thomas fowell buxton mp ( 1786-1845 ) , william wilberforce ( 1759-1833 ) , richard martin , sir james mackintosh mp , basil montagu , william mudford , rev. | |
| 78 | records | 1 | INSTANCE | in may 1824 he attempted to widen the scope of anti-cruelty legislation by introducing the slaughtering of horses bill which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses to keep proper records of food allocated to each horse and with penalties applied to those using a horse that had a disabled limb to haul carts . | |
| 79 | families | 1 | INSTANCE | his father 's family were jacobites and one of " the tribes of galway , " fourteen merchant families who ruled galway from the 14th to 17th centuries . | |
| 80 | petition | 1 | ACT | after the election of 1826 , martin ( now a heavy gambler ) lost his parliamentary seat because of a petition which accused him of illegal voter intimidation during the election . | |
| 81 | exams | 1 | UNKNOWN | he studied at harrow and then after some tutelage for exams to gain admission at trinity college , cambridge , he " was admitted a gentleman-commoner at trinity on 4 march 1773 . " | |
| 82 | robert barnewall | 1 | PERSON | martin was born at dangan in county galway , the only son of robert martin fitzanthony of birch hall , county galway , and bridget barnwall , a daughter of robert barnewall , 12th baron trimlestown . | |
| 83 | death tolls | 1 | INSTANCE | 200,000 acres ( 809 km^2 ) ) was in the west of ireland and this area had one of the highest death tolls during the famine . | |
| 84 | mary lynch | 1 | PERSON | richard 's father later married mary lynch , a member of another " tribal " family , with whom he had sons robert and anthony . | |
| 85 | catholic emancipation | 1 | ACT | after a break of fifteen years , he was returned to parliament for lanesborough in 1798 , promoting catholic emancipation . | |
| 86 | anti cruelty to animals bill | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 87 | family martin | 1 | PERSON | family martin 's first wife was the honourable elizabeth vesey , a daughter of lord trimlestown . | |
| 88 | gentleman commoner | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 89 | bar | 1 | PLACE | martin did not graduate with a degree but studied for admission to the bar and was admitted to lincoln 's inn on 1 february 1776 . | |
| 90 | basis | 1 | RESULT | martin was on a first-name basis with many of the famous names of his age , including king george iv ( who gave him the nickname " humanity dick " ) , henry flood , henry grattan , william pitt , queen caroline , and daniel o' connell . | |
| 91 | revelation | 1 | ACT | following the revelation of her affair with a mr. petrie in paris , martin sued petrie for criminal conversation in 1791 and was awarded £10,000 . | |
| 92 | offenders | 1 | PERSON | he also sometimes paid fines of minor offenders . | |
| 93 | courtroom | 1 | ROOM | a painting of the trial of bill burns , showing richard martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted london 's newspapers and music halls martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . | |
| 94 | periodicals | 1 | EVENT | in 1821 letters were exchanged by various correspondents in periodicals raising concerns about the maltreatment of animals , which included one written by rev. | |
| 95 | william pitt | 1 | PERSON | martin was on a first-name basis with many of the famous names of his age , including king george iv ( who gave him the nickname " humanity dick " ) , henry flood , henry grattan , william pitt , queen caroline , and daniel o' connell . | |
| 96 | office member | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 97 | kings bench | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 98 | credit | 1 | EVENT | at the society 's first anniversary meeting martin set the public record straight and gave credit to rev broome by stating : " i have nothing at all to do with it , " he said " it is quite a child of mr . broome 's and he has acted the part of a good father to it . " during 1826 the society 's debts became greater than its revenue , and broome as the society 's guarantor was sentenced by the kings | |
| 99 | spouse s | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 100 | interruptions | 1 | ACT | in the house of commons he was known for his interruptions and humorous speeches . | |
| 101 | campaigner | 1 | PERSON | elizabeth vesey ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin ( m. 1794 ) education harrow school alma mater trinity college , cambridge occupation politician , animal welfare campaigner military service allegiance ireland branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank colonel unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway volunteers | |
| 102 | concerns | 1 | PERSON | in 1821 letters were exchanged by various correspondents in periodicals raising concerns about the maltreatment of animals , which included one written by rev. | |
| 103 | sir james mackintosh mp | 1 | PERSON | broome invited various clergy , lawyers and parliamentarians to vote on the resolution to create the society and among those present were thomas fowell buxton mp ( 1786-1845 ) , william wilberforce ( 1759-1833 ) , richard martin , sir james mackintosh mp , basil montagu , william mudford , rev. | |
| 104 | january dangan | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 105 | treatment | 1 | TREATMENT | he succeeded in getting the pioneering cruel treatment of cattle act 1822 , nicknamed ' martin 's act ' , passed into british law . | |
| 106 | speeches | 1 | SPEECH | in the house of commons he was known for his interruptions and humorous speeches . | |
| 107 | centuries | 1 | RACE | his father 's family were jacobites and one of " the tribes of galway , " fourteen merchant families who ruled galway from the 14th to 17th centuries . | |
| 108 | irish catholic emancipation | 1 | PERSON | he continued his work towards irish catholic emancipation till 1826 , when he had to flee to france . | |
| 109 | bull baiting | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 110 | irish mps | 1 | PERSON | just before the act of union dissolved the irish parliament and obliged irish mps to sit in the parliament of the united kingdom , he was elected for county galway . | |
| 111 | rspca caricature | 1 | PERSON | anti-animal cruelty and rspca caricature of richard martin , w. kitchiner , samuel phillips eady : martin 's bill in operation ( published 1924 ) . | |
| 112 | horses bill | 1 | PERSON | in may 1824 he attempted to widen the scope of anti-cruelty legislation by introducing the slaughtering of horses bill which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses to keep proper records of food allocated to each horse and with penalties applied to those using a horse that had a disabled limb to haul carts . | |
| 113 | fines | 1 | PERSON | he also sometimes paid fines of minor offenders . | |
| 114 | november | 1 | PERIOD | broome attempted to bring together the patronage of persons who were of social rank and committed to social reforms and he chaired a meeting that was held in november 1822 to create a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals . | |
| 115 | education harrow school alma mater trinity college | 1 | INSTITUTION | elizabeth vesey ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin ( m. 1794 ) education harrow school alma mater trinity college , cambridge occupation politician , animal welfare campaigner military service allegiance ireland branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank colonel unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway volunteers | |
| 116 | approx | 1 | UNKNOWN | most of martin 's estate ( approx . | |
| 117 | newspapers | 1 | QUANTITY | a painting of the trial of bill burns , showing richard martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted london 's newspapers and music halls martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . | |
| 118 | cambridge occupation politician | 1 | PERSON | elizabeth vesey ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin ( m. 1794 ) education harrow school alma mater trinity college , cambridge occupation politician , animal welfare campaigner military service allegiance ireland branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank colonel unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway volunteers | |
| 119 | february | 1 | PERIOD | martin did not graduate with a degree but studied for admission to the bar and was admitted to lincoln 's inn on 1 february 1776 . | |
| 120 | james daly member | 1 | PERSON | serving with james daly member of parliament for county galway | |
| 121 | hairtrigger dick | 1 | PERSON | he fought over a hundred duels with sword and pistol and earned the nickname " hairtrigger dick " . | |
| 122 | meath | 1 | PERSON | the barnwalls were an ennobled family of norman descent based in the counties of dublin , kildare and meath in leinster . | |
| 123 | slavery | 1 | INSTITUTION | he was also " a member of the society for the amelioration and gradual abolition of slavery throughout the british dominions which had been formed in 1823 . " | |
| 124 | st. george | 1 | PERSON | martin ( 1786-1847 ) and st. george ( died 1805 ) . | |
| 125 | old slaughter | 1 | EVENT | this initial attempt however faltered and a fresh attempt to launch the society was organized by broome at a meeting on 16 june 1824 at old slaughter 's coffee house , london . | |
| 126 | kaleidoscope | 1 | NUMBER | arthur broome that was published in the kaleidoscope on 6 march 1821 . | |
| 127 | miles | 1 | UNIT | he was raised at dangan house , situated on the corrib river , four miles upriver from the town of galway . | |
| 128 | daughters | 1 | PERSON | he died there peacefully in the presence of his second wife and their three daughters on 6 january 1834 . | |
| 129 | counties | 1 | LAND | the barnwalls were an ennobled family of norman descent based in the counties of dublin , kildare and meath in leinster . | |
| 130 | perception | 1 | ORGANISATION | due to martin 's profile as a politician and as the drafter of the anti-cruelty legislation , a public perception developed that he was the initiator and creator of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals . | |
| 131 | thomas b | 1 | PERSON | her brothers were thomas b . | |
| 132 | opposition vote | 1 | ACT | april 1800 to ban bull-baiting but it was lost to the opposition vote in the house of commons . | |
| 133 | lewis gompertz | 1 | PERSON | meymott , john ashley warre and lewis gompertz . | |
| 134 | ears | 1 | SOUND | he also tried to spread his ideas in the streets of london , becoming the target of jokes and political cartoons that depicted him with the ears of a donkey . | |
| 135 | inn | 1 | ESTATE | martin did not graduate with a degree but studied for admission to the bar and was admitted to lincoln 's inn on 1 february 1776 . | |
| 136 | independent | 1 | PERSON | political party independent other political affiliations patriot party ( 1776-83 ) spouse(s ) hon . | |
| 137 | writer harriet letitia martin | 1 | PERSON | richard martin ( 1797-1878 ) and the writer harriet letitia martin ( 1801-1891 ) . | |
| 138 | debtors | 1 | PERSON | bench to the debtors ' prison , and martin and gompertz raised funds to cover the debts and obtain broome 's release . | |
| 139 | supporter | 1 | PERSON | burdett was an early supporter of the rspca and had her views published in 1839 in the rights of animals . | |
| 140 | childhood | 1 | PROPERTY | they had nine children , of whom only three survived childhood . | |
| 141 | hasty exile | 1 | PERSON | he had to flee into hasty exile to boulogne , france , because he could no longer invoke parliamentary immunity to avoid arrest for debt . | |
| 142 | martin member | 1 | PERSON | martin member of parliament for county galway | |
| 143 | son thomas | 1 | PERSON | on his death in 1834 his son thomas became his heir . | |
| 144 | dublin | 1 | PLACE | the barnwalls were an ennobled family of norman descent based in the counties of dublin , kildare and meath in leinster . | |
| 145 | tribal | 1 | PERSON | richard 's father later married mary lynch , a member of another " tribal " family , with whom he had sons robert and anthony . | |
| 146 | coffee house | 1 | PLACE | this initial attempt however faltered and a fresh attempt to launch the society was organized by broome at a meeting on 16 june 1824 at old slaughter 's coffee house , london . | |
| 147 | age | 1 | PROPERTY | martin was on a first-name basis with many of the famous names of his age , including king george iv ( who gave him the nickname " humanity dick " ) , henry flood , henry grattan , william pitt , queen caroline , and daniel o' connell . | |
| 148 | petrie | 1 | PERSON | following the revelation of her affair with a mr. petrie in paris , martin sued petrie for criminal conversation in 1791 and was awarded £10,000 . | |
| 149 | rev. george avery hatch | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 150 | writer | 1 | PERSON | martin drafted a new bill in consultation with the then retired lord erskine as well as with the agricultural writer and animal rights advocate john lawrence ( 1753-1839 ) . , entitled the " ill treatment of cattle bill " . | |
| 151 | harrow | 1 | PLACE | elizabeth vesey ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin ( m. 1794 ) education harrow school alma mater trinity college , cambridge occupation politician , animal welfare campaigner military service allegiance ireland branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank colonel unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway volunteers | |
| 152 | william johnstone pulteney | 1 | PERSON | the first unsuccessful legislative attempt was led by william johnstone pulteney on 18 | |
| 153 | samuel phillips eady | 1 | PERSON | anti-animal cruelty and rspca caricature of richard martin , w. kitchiner , samuel phillips eady : martin 's bill in operation ( published 1924 ) . | |
| 154 | views | 1 | ORGANISATION | burdett was an early supporter of the rspca and had her views published in 1839 in the rights of animals . | |
| 155 | hon | 1 | PERSON | political party independent other political affiliations patriot party ( 1776-83 ) spouse(s ) hon . | |
| 156 | presence | 1 | STATE | he died there peacefully in the presence of his second wife and their three daughters on 6 january 1834 . | |
| 157 | john ashley warre | 1 | PERSON | meymott , john ashley warre and lewis gompertz . | |
| 158 | amelioration | 1 | ACT | he was also " a member of the society for the amelioration and gradual abolition of slavery throughout the british dominions which had been formed in 1823 . " | |
| 159 | leinster | 1 | UNKNOWN | the barnwalls were an ennobled family of norman descent based in the counties of dublin , kildare and meath in leinster . | |
| 160 | century | 1 | PERIOD | a sympathetic groundswell of public opinion emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century in opposition to cultural amusements such as bull-baiting and cock-fighting and in the visible maltreatment of animals that were herded in for slaughter at london 's smithfield market . | |
| 161 | tribes | 1 | UNKNOWN | his father 's family were jacobites and one of " the tribes of galway , " fourteen merchant families who ruled galway from the 14th to 17th centuries . | |
| 162 | cattle bill | 1 | PERSON | martin drafted a new bill in consultation with the then retired lord erskine as well as with the agricultural writer and animal rights advocate john lawrence ( 1753-1839 ) . , entitled the " ill treatment of cattle bill " . | |
| 163 | mary | 1 | PERSON | richard 's father later married mary lynch , a member of another " tribal " family , with whom he had sons robert and anthony . | |
| 164 | streets | 1 | POSITION | he also tried to spread his ideas in the streets of london , becoming the target of jokes and political cartoons that depicted him with the ears of a donkey . | |
| 165 | operation | 1 | FORCE | anti-animal cruelty and rspca caricature of richard martin , w. kitchiner , samuel phillips eady : martin 's bill in operation ( published 1924 ) . | |
| 166 | pulteney | 1 | PERSON | the first unsuccessful legislative attempt was led by william johnstone pulteney on 18 | |
| 167 | coach | 1 | PERSON | he had this distributed to the poor by throwing it out the windows of his coach on the long journey back from london to galway . | |
| 168 | scope | 1 | OPPORTUNITY | in may 1824 he attempted to widen the scope of anti-cruelty legislation by introducing the slaughtering of horses bill which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses to keep proper records of food allocated to each horse and with penalties applied to those using a horse that had a disabled limb to haul carts . | |
| 169 | burdett | 1 | PERSON | during the period of the family 's exile in boulogne they became well acquainted with the poet sarah burdett ( herself a relative of baroness burdett coutts 1814-1906 ) and she wrote a poem on 12 april 1834 expressing admiration and blessings on mary jane martin ( richard 's daughter born in 1810 ) . | |
| 170 | correspondents | 1 | PERSON | in 1821 letters were exchanged by various correspondents in periodicals raising concerns about the maltreatment of animals , which included one written by rev. | |
| 171 | henry flood | 1 | PERSON | martin was on a first-name basis with many of the famous names of his age , including king george iv ( who gave him the nickname " humanity dick " ) , henry flood , henry grattan , william pitt , queen caroline , and daniel o' connell . | |
| 172 | trinity college | 1 | INSTITUTION | elizabeth vesey ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin ( m. 1794 ) education harrow school alma mater trinity college , cambridge occupation politician , animal welfare campaigner military service allegiance ireland branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank colonel unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway volunteers | |
| 173 | immunity | 1 | PERSON | he had to flee into hasty exile to boulogne , france , because he could no longer invoke parliamentary immunity to avoid arrest for debt . | |
| 174 | resolution | 1 | DISTANCE | broome invited various clergy , lawyers and parliamentarians to vote on the resolution to create the society and among those present were thomas fowell buxton mp ( 1786-1845 ) , william wilberforce ( 1759-1833 ) , richard martin , sir james mackintosh mp , basil montagu , william mudford , rev. | |
| 175 | efforts | 1 | ACTION | martin 's attempt to have an anti-cruelty-to-animals bill passed stands in a chronological line with some previous failed efforts in england 's parliament . | |
| 176 | parliamentarians | 1 | UNKNOWN | broome invited various clergy , lawyers and parliamentarians to vote on the resolution to create the society and among those present were thomas fowell buxton mp ( 1786-1845 ) , william wilberforce ( 1759-1833 ) , richard martin , sir james mackintosh mp , basil montagu , william mudford , rev. | |
| 177 | votes | 1 | ACT | the bill passed in the house of commons by twenty-nine to eighteen votes , then through the house of lords and was signed by the king , becoming the cruel treatment of cattle act 1822 on 21 june 1822 . | |
| 178 | pistol | 1 | PERSON | he fought over a hundred duels with sword and pistol and earned the nickname " hairtrigger dick " . | |
| 179 | rev george bonner | 1 | PERSON | george avery hatch ( 1757-1837 ) , rev george bonner ( 1784-1840 ) , sir james graham , j. g. | |
| 180 | pledge | 1 | EVENT | although the workhouse was an apparent pledge to help the poor suffering from starvation , it is agreed that thomas and his family did little to help and approximately 150,000 people died on their land during this period from starvation and fever . | |
| 181 | daniel o' connell | 1 | PERSON | martin was on a first-name basis with many of the famous names of his age , including king george iv ( who gave him the nickname " humanity dick " ) , henry flood , henry grattan , william pitt , queen caroline , and daniel o' connell . | |
| 182 | acres | 1 | UNIT | 200,000 acres ( 809 km^2 ) ) was in the west of ireland and this area had one of the highest death tolls during the famine . | |
| 183 | reforms | 1 | AMOUNT | broome attempted to bring together the patronage of persons who were of social rank and committed to social reforms and he chaired a meeting that was held in november 1822 to create a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals . | |
| 184 | boulogne sur mer | 1 | PLACE | ||
| 185 | music halls martin | 1 | PERSON | a painting of the trial of bill burns , showing richard martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted london 's newspapers and music halls martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . | |
| 186 | lord trimlestown | 1 | PERSON | family martin 's first wife was the honourable elizabeth vesey , a daughter of lord trimlestown . | |
| 187 | voter intimidation | 1 | ACT | after the election of 1826 , martin ( now a heavy gambler ) lost his parliamentary seat because of a petition which accused him of illegal voter intimidation during the election . | |
| 188 | slave boy | 1 | PERSON | in the londonderry journal of 13 june 1786 , it was reported that martin 's black slave boy , reputedly the son of a west african king , was permitted to resign from martin 's service after his father had died and he was recalled to succeed to the throne . | |
| 189 | journey | 1 | PERSON | he had this distributed to the poor by throwing it out the windows of his coach on the long journey back from london to galway . | |
| 190 | west | 1 | PLACE | in the londonderry journal of 13 june 1786 , it was reported that martin 's black slave boy , reputedly the son of a west african king , was permitted to resign from martin 's service after his father had died and he was recalled to succeed to the throne . | |
| 191 | activist | 1 | PERSON | irish politician and activist | |
| 192 | in office member | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 193 | honorary secretary | 1 | PERSON | broome was elected as the society 's first honorary secretary . | |
| 194 | land | 1 | LAND | although the workhouse was an apparent pledge to help the poor suffering from starvation , it is agreed that thomas and his family did little to help and approximately 150,000 people died on their land during this period from starvation and fever . | |
| 195 | cambridge | 1 | PERSON | elizabeth vesey ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin ( m. 1794 ) education harrow school alma mater trinity college , cambridge occupation politician , animal welfare campaigner military service allegiance ireland branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank colonel unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway volunteers | |
| 196 | harriet evans martin | 1 | PERSON | elizabeth vesey ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin ( m. 1794 ) education harrow school alma mater trinity college , cambridge occupation politician , animal welfare campaigner military service allegiance ireland branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank colonel unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway volunteers | |
| 197 | sword | 1 | PERSON | he fought over a hundred duels with sword and pistol and earned the nickname " hairtrigger dick " . | |
| 198 | henry grattan | 1 | PERSON | martin was on a first-name basis with many of the famous names of his age , including king george iv ( who gave him the nickname " humanity dick " ) , henry flood , henry grattan , william pitt , queen caroline , and daniel o' connell . | |
| 199 | amusements | 1 | ACTIVITY | a sympathetic groundswell of public opinion emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century in opposition to cultural amusements such as bull-baiting and cock-fighting and in the visible maltreatment of animals that were herded in for slaughter at london 's smithfield market . | |
| 200 | rspca | 1 | PERSON | anti-animal cruelty and rspca caricature of richard martin , w. kitchiner , samuel phillips eady : martin 's bill in operation ( published 1924 ) . | |
| 201 | drafter | 1 | PERSON | due to martin 's profile as a politician and as the drafter of the anti-cruelty legislation , a public perception developed that he was the initiator and creator of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals . | |
| 202 | windows | 1 | PERIOD | he had this distributed to the poor by throwing it out the windows of his coach on the long journey back from london to galway . | |
| 203 | trial | 1 | EVENT | a painting of the trial of bill burns , showing richard martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted london 's newspapers and music halls martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . | |
| 204 | trinity | 1 | PERSON | elizabeth vesey ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin ( m. 1794 ) education harrow school alma mater trinity college , cambridge occupation politician , animal welfare campaigner military service allegiance ireland branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank colonel unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway volunteers | |
| 205 | blessings | 1 | ACT | during the period of the family 's exile in boulogne they became well acquainted with the poet sarah burdett ( herself a relative of baroness burdett-coutts 1814-1906 ) and she wrote a poem on 12 april 1834 expressing admiration and blessings on mary jane martin ( richard 's daughter born in 1810 ) . | |
| 206 | baron trimlestown | 1 | PLACE | martin was born at dangan in county galway , the only son of robert martin fitzanthony of birch hall , county galway , and bridget barnwall , a daughter of robert barnewall , 12th baron trimlestown . | |
| 207 | brothers | 1 | PERSON | her brothers were thomas b . | |
| 208 | bills | 1 | ESTATE | martin voted in favour of both pulteney 's and erskine 's bills . | |
| 209 | basil montagu | 1 | PERSON | broome invited various clergy , lawyers and parliamentarians to vote on the resolution to create the society and among those present were thomas fowell buxton mp ( 1786-1845 ) , william wilberforce ( 1759-1833 ) , richard martin , sir james mackintosh mp , basil montagu , william mudford , rev. | |
| 210 | thomas fowell buxton mp | 1 | PERSON | broome invited various clergy , lawyers and parliamentarians to vote on the resolution to create the society and among those present were thomas fowell buxton mp ( 1786-1845 ) , william wilberforce ( 1759-1833 ) , richard martin , sir james mackintosh mp , basil montagu , william mudford , rev. | |
| 211 | emancipation | 1 | PERSON | after a break of fifteen years , he was returned to parliament for lanesborough in 1798 , promoting catholic emancipation . | |
| 212 | nenagh | 1 | UNKNOWN | in 1793 , he married the novelist harriet evans martin in nenagh . | |
| 213 | novelist harriet evans martin | 1 | PERSON | in 1793 , he married the novelist harriet evans martin in nenagh . | |
| 214 | honourable elizabeth vesey | 1 | PERSON | family martin 's first wife was the honourable elizabeth vesey , a daughter of lord trimlestown . | |
| 215 | disambiguation | 1 | ACT | for other people named richard martin , see richard martin ( disambiguation ) . | |
| 216 | corrib river | 1 | PLACE | he was raised at dangan house , situated on the corrib river , four miles upriver from the town of galway . | |
| 217 | ideas | 1 | IMAGE | he also tried to spread his ideas in the streets of london , becoming the target of jokes and political cartoons that depicted him with the ears of a donkey . | |
| 218 | jacobites | 1 | UNKNOWN | his father 's family were jacobites and one of " the tribes of galway , " fourteen merchant families who ruled galway from the 14th to 17th centuries . | |
| 219 | guarantor | 1 | PERSON | at the society 's first anniversary meeting martin set the public record straight and gave credit to rev broome by stating : " i have nothing at all to do with it , " he said " it is quite a child of mr . broome 's and he has acted the part of a good father to it . " during 1826 the society 's debts became greater than its revenue , and broome as the society 's guarantor was sentenced by the kings | |
| 220 | release | 1 | PERSON | bench to the debtors ' prison , and martin and gompertz raised funds to cover the debts and obtain broome 's release . | |
| 221 | westminster | 1 | PLACE | he continued to represent county galway in westminster as a political independent until 1812 and again from 1818 , supporting the tory government of lord liverpool . | |
| 222 | seat | 1 | PROPERTY | after the election of 1826 , martin ( now a heavy gambler ) lost his parliamentary seat because of a petition which accused him of illegal voter intimidation during the election . | |
| 223 | protestant | 1 | PERSON | though both of his parents were born to catholics , richard martin was raised a protestant and educated in england and later became a wealthy landlord in ireland . | |
| 224 | exile | 1 | PERSON | he had to flee into hasty exile to boulogne , france , because he could no longer invoke parliamentary immunity to avoid arrest for debt . | |
| 225 | mary jane martin | 1 | PERSON | during the period of the family 's exile in boulogne they became well acquainted with the poet sarah burdett ( herself a relative of baroness burdett-coutts 1814-1906 ) and she wrote a poem on 12 april 1834 expressing admiration and blessings on mary jane martin ( richard 's daughter born in 1810 ) . | |
| 226 | rev. arthur broome | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 227 | affiliations patriot party | 1 | FORCE | political party independent other political affiliations patriot party ( 1776-83 ) spouse(s ) hon . | |
| 228 | area | 1 | AREA | 200,000 acres ( 809 km^2 ) ) was in the west of ireland and this area had one of the highest death tolls during the famine . | |
| 229 | catholics | 1 | UNKNOWN | though both of his parents were born to catholics , richard martin was raised a protestant and educated in england and later became a wealthy landlord in ireland . | |
| 230 | descent | 1 | INSTANCE | the barnwalls were an ennobled family of norman descent based in the counties of dublin , kildare and meath in leinster . | |
| 231 | service | 1 | INSTITUTION | elizabeth vesey ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin ( m. 1794 ) education harrow school alma mater trinity college , cambridge occupation politician , animal welfare campaigner military service allegiance ireland branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank colonel unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway volunteers | |
| 232 | party independent | 1 | PERSON | political party independent other political affiliations patriot party ( 1776-83 ) spouse(s ) hon . | |
| 233 | rank | 1 | RANK | elizabeth vesey ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin ( m. 1794 ) education harrow school alma mater trinity college , cambridge occupation politician , animal welfare campaigner military service allegiance ireland branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank colonel unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway volunteers | |
| 234 | william wilberforce | 1 | PERSON | broome invited various clergy , lawyers and parliamentarians to vote on the resolution to create the society and among those present were thomas fowell buxton mp ( 1786-1845 ) , william wilberforce ( 1759-1833 ) , richard martin , sir james mackintosh mp , basil montagu , william mudford , rev. | |
| 235 | high sheriff | 1 | PERSON | he served as a lawyer in ireland and became high sheriff of galway in 1782 . | |
| 236 | cock fighting | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 237 | rev broome | 1 | PERSON | at the society 's first anniversary meeting martin set the public record straight and gave credit to rev broome by stating : " i have nothing at all to do with it , " he said " it is quite a child of mr . broome 's and he has acted the part of a good father to it . " during 1826 the society 's debts became greater than its revenue , and broome as the society 's guarantor was sentenced by the kings | |
| 238 | d' arcy argue counsell martin | 1 | PERSON | the former emigrated to canada in 1834 and had descendants who included d' arcy argue counsell martin ( c. 1899-1992 ) . | |
| 239 | union | 1 | PLACE | just before the act of union dissolved the irish parliament and obliged irish mps to sit in the parliament of the united kingdom , he was elected for county galway . | |
| 240 | w. kitchiner | 1 | UNKNOWN | anti-animal cruelty and rspca caricature of richard martin , w. kitchiner , samuel phillips eady : martin 's bill in operation ( published 1924 ) . | |
| 241 | throne | 1 | PERSON | in the londonderry journal of 13 june 1786 , it was reported that martin 's black slave boy , reputedly the son of a west african king , was permitted to resign from martin 's service after his father had died and he was recalled to succeed to the throne . | |
| 242 | british dominions | 1 | UNKNOWN | he was also " a member of the society for the amelioration and gradual abolition of slavery throughout the british dominions which had been formed in 1823 . " | |
| 243 | initiator | 1 | MATERIAL | due to martin 's profile as a politician and as the drafter of the anti-cruelty legislation , a public perception developed that he was the initiator and creator of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals . | |
| 244 | degree | 1 | PLACE | martin did not graduate with a degree but studied for admission to the bar and was admitted to lincoln 's inn on 1 february 1776 . | |
| 245 | theatre | 1 | THEATER | he initiated galway 's first theatre in 1783 . | |
| 246 | funds | 1 | GROUP | bench to the debtors ' prison , and martin and gompertz raised funds to cover the debts and obtain broome 's release . | |
| 247 | letters | 1 | SPEECH ACT | in 1821 letters were exchanged by various correspondents in periodicals raising concerns about the maltreatment of animals , which included one written by rev. | |
| 248 | opinion | 1 | TRUST | a sympathetic groundswell of public opinion emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century in opposition to cultural amusements such as bull-baiting and cock-fighting and in the visible maltreatment of animals that were herded in for slaughter at london 's smithfield market . | |
| 249 | penalties | 1 | INSTANCE | in may 1824 he attempted to widen the scope of anti-cruelty legislation by introducing the slaughtering of horses bill which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses to keep proper records of food allocated to each horse and with penalties applied to those using a horse that had a disabled limb to haul carts . | |
| 250 | cartoons | 1 | PORTION | he also tried to spread his ideas in the streets of london , becoming the target of jokes and political cartoons that depicted him with the ears of a donkey . | |
| 251 | slaughterhouses | 1 | PLACE | in may 1824 he attempted to widen the scope of anti-cruelty legislation by introducing the slaughtering of horses bill which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses to keep proper records of food allocated to each horse and with penalties applied to those using a horse that had a disabled limb to haul carts . | |
| 252 | british law | 1 | PLACE | he succeeded in getting the pioneering cruel treatment of cattle act 1822 , nicknamed ' martin 's act ' , passed into british law . | |
| 253 | queen caroline | 1 | PERSON | martin was on a first-name basis with many of the famous names of his age , including king george iv ( who gave him the nickname " humanity dick " ) , henry flood , henry grattan , william pitt , queen caroline , and daniel o' connell . | |
| 254 | record straight | 1 | CAT | at the society 's first anniversary meeting martin set the public record straight and gave credit to rev broome by stating : " i have nothing at all to do with it , " he said " it is quite a child of mr . broome 's and he has acted the part of a good father to it . " during 1826 the society 's debts became greater than its revenue , and broome as the society 's guarantor was sentenced by the kings | |
| 255 | vote | 1 | ACT | april 1800 to ban bull-baiting but it was lost to the opposition vote in the house of commons . | |
| 256 | consultation | 1 | ACT | martin drafted a new bill in consultation with the then retired lord erskine as well as with the agricultural writer and animal rights advocate john lawrence ( 1753-1839 ) . , entitled the " ill treatment of cattle bill " . | |
| 257 | parents | 1 | PERSON | though both of his parents were born to catholics , richard martin was raised a protestant and educated in england and later became a wealthy landlord in ireland . | |
| 258 | line | 1 | PERSON | martin 's attempt to have an anti-cruelty-to-animals bill passed stands in a chronological line with some previous failed efforts in england 's parliament . | |
| 259 | may | 1 | PERIOD | in may 1824 he attempted to widen the scope of anti-cruelty legislation by introducing the slaughtering of horses bill which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses to keep proper records of food allocated to each horse and with penalties applied to those using a horse that had a disabled limb to haul carts . | |
| 260 | gompertz | 1 | PERSON | meymott , john ashley warre and lewis gompertz . | |
| 261 | tory government | 1 | GOVERNMENT | he continued to represent county galway in westminster as a political independent until 1812 and again from 1818 , supporting the tory government of lord liverpool . | |
| 262 | anniversary | 1 | TIME PERIOD | at the society 's first anniversary meeting martin set the public record straight and gave credit to rev broome by stating : " i have nothing at all to do with it , " he said " it is quite a child of mr . broome 's and he has acted the part of a good father to it . " during 1826 the society 's debts became greater than its revenue , and broome as the society 's guarantor was sentenced by the kings | |
| 263 | irish parliament | 1 | HUMAN GROUP | just before the act of union dissolved the irish parliament and obliged irish mps to sit in the parliament of the united kingdom , he was elected for county galway . | |
| 264 | patronage | 1 | PERSON | broome attempted to bring together the patronage of persons who were of social rank and committed to social reforms and he chaired a meeting that was held in november 1822 to create a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals . | |
| 265 | carts | 1 | PERSON | in may 1824 he attempted to widen the scope of anti-cruelty legislation by introducing the slaughtering of horses bill which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses to keep proper records of food allocated to each horse and with penalties applied to those using a horse that had a disabled limb to haul carts . | |
| 266 | lawyer | 1 | PERSON | he served as a lawyer in ireland and became high sheriff of galway in 1782 . | |
| 267 | american revolutionary war | 1 | EVENT | he travelled extensively in europe and the americas during the 1770s and was in new england when the american revolutionary war began . | |
| 268 | story | 1 | PERSON | a painting of the trial of bill burns , showing richard martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted london 's newspapers and music halls martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . | |
| 269 | nothing | 1 | PERSON | at the society 's first anniversary meeting martin set the public record straight and gave credit to rev broome by stating : " i have nothing at all to do with it , " he said " it is quite a child of mr . broome 's and he has acted the part of a good father to it . " during 1826 the society 's debts became greater than its revenue , and broome as the society 's guarantor was sentenced by the kings | |
| 270 | rev. richard martin | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 271 | target | 1 | EVENT | he also tried to spread his ideas in the streets of london , becoming the target of jokes and political cartoons that depicted him with the ears of a donkey . | |
| 272 | persons | 1 | PERSON | broome attempted to bring together the patronage of persons who were of social rank and committed to social reforms and he chaired a meeting that was held in november 1822 to create a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals . | |
| 273 | world | 1 | PLACE | a painting of the trial of bill burns , showing richard martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted london 's newspapers and music halls martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . | |
| 274 | americas | 1 | UNKNOWN | he travelled extensively in europe and the americas during the 1770s and was in new england when the american revolutionary war began . | |
| 275 | elizabeth vesey | 1 | PERSON | elizabeth vesey ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin ( m. 1794 ) education harrow school alma mater trinity college , cambridge occupation politician , animal welfare campaigner military service allegiance ireland branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank colonel unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway volunteers | |
| 276 | names | 1 | NAME | martin was on a first-name basis with many of the famous names of his age , including king george iv ( who gave him the nickname " humanity dick " ) , henry flood , henry grattan , william pitt , queen caroline , and daniel o' connell . | |
| 277 | anthony | 1 | PERSON | richard 's father later married mary lynch , a member of another " tribal " family , with whom he had sons robert and anthony . | |
| 278 | child | 1 | PERSON | at the society 's first anniversary meeting martin set the public record straight and gave credit to rev broome by stating : " i have nothing at all to do with it , " he said " it is quite a child of mr . broome 's and he has acted the part of a good father to it . " during 1826 the society 's debts became greater than its revenue , and broome as the society 's guarantor was sentenced by the kings | |
| 279 | office personal details born | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 280 | king | 1 | PERSON | he was known as humanity dick , a nickname bestowed on him by king george iv . | |
| 281 | heir | 1 | PERSON | on his death in 1834 his son thomas became his heir . | |
| 282 | sir james graham | 1 | PERSON | george avery hatch ( 1757-1837 ) , rev george bonner ( 1784-1840 ) , sir james graham , j. g. | |
| 283 | slaughtering | 1 | ACTIVITY | in may 1824 he attempted to widen the scope of anti-cruelty legislation by introducing the slaughtering of horses bill which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses to keep proper records of food allocated to each horse and with penalties applied to those using a horse that had a disabled limb to haul carts . | |
| 284 | new england | 1 | PLACE | he travelled extensively in europe and the americas during the 1770s and was in new england when the american revolutionary war began . | |
| 285 | interest | 1 | ELEMENT | martin maintained an interest in the society even after he left england and resettled in france . | |
| 286 | canada | 1 | PLACE | the former emigrated to canada in 1834 and had descendants who included d' arcy argue counsell martin ( c. 1899-1992 ) . | |
| 287 | smithfield market | 1 | AMOUNT | a sympathetic groundswell of public opinion emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century in opposition to cultural amusements such as bull-baiting and cock-fighting and in the visible maltreatment of animals that were herded in for slaughter at london 's smithfield market . | |
| 288 | favour | 1 | PERSON | martin voted in favour of both pulteney 's and erskine 's bills . | |
| 289 | revenue | 1 | MONEY | at the society 's first anniversary meeting martin set the public record straight and gave credit to rev broome by stating : " i have nothing at all to do with it , " he said " it is quite a child of mr . broome 's and he has acted the part of a good father to it . " during 1826 the society 's debts became greater than its revenue , and broome as the society 's guarantor was sentenced by the kings | |
| 290 | food | 1 | FOOD | in may 1824 he attempted to widen the scope of anti-cruelty legislation by introducing the slaughtering of horses bill which would have obliged licensed slaughterhouses to keep proper records of food allocated to each horse and with penalties applied to those using a horse that had a disabled limb to haul carts . | |
| 291 | town | 1 | PLACE | he was raised at dangan house , situated on the corrib river , four miles upriver from the town of galway . | |
| 292 | effort | 1 | ACTION | a renewed effort was undertaken in 1809 with an anti-cruelty bill introduced into the house of lords by lord erskine ( 1750-1823 ) which passed in that house but was defeated by a vote in the house of commons . | |
| 293 | arrest | 1 | UNKNOWN | he had to flee into hasty exile to boulogne , france , because he could no longer invoke parliamentary immunity to avoid arrest for debt . | |
| 294 | united kingdom | 1 | PLACE | just before the act of union dissolved the irish parliament and obliged irish mps to sit in the parliament of the united kingdom , he was elected for county galway . | |
| 295 | painting | 1 | ABSTRACT ENTITY | a painting of the trial of bill burns , showing richard martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted london 's newspapers and music halls martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . | |
| 296 | barnwalls | 1 | UNKNOWN | the barnwalls were an ennobled family of norman descent based in the counties of dublin , kildare and meath in leinster . | |
| 297 | delight | 1 | PERSON | emancipation was finally granted in 1829 , much to his delight . | |
| 298 | conviction | 1 | ACT | a painting of the trial of bill burns , showing richard martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted london 's newspapers and music halls martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . | |
| 299 | shipwrecks | 1 | RESULT | he survived two shipwrecks . | |
| 300 | slaughter | 1 | EVENT | a sympathetic groundswell of public opinion emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century in opposition to cultural amusements such as bull-baiting and cock-fighting and in the visible maltreatment of animals that were herded in for slaughter at london 's smithfield market . | |
| 301 | william mudford | 1 | PERSON | broome invited various clergy , lawyers and parliamentarians to vote on the resolution to create the society and among those present were thomas fowell buxton mp ( 1786-1845 ) , william wilberforce ( 1759-1833 ) , richard martin , sir james mackintosh mp , basil montagu , william mudford , rev. | |
| 302 | bill burns | 1 | PERSON | a painting of the trial of bill burns , showing richard martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted london 's newspapers and music halls martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . | |
| 303 | african | 1 | PLACE | in the londonderry journal of 13 june 1786 , it was reported that martin 's black slave boy , reputedly the son of a west african king , was permitted to resign from martin 's service after his father had died and he was recalled to succeed to the throne . | |
| 304 | bear baiting | 1 | PERSON | a painting of the trial of bill burns , showing richard martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted london 's newspapers and music halls martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . | |
| 305 | dangan | 1 | PLACE | in office 1800-1801 member of parliament for lanesborough in office 1798-1800 member of parliament for jamestown in office 1776- 1783 personal details born ( 1754-01-17) 17 january 1754 dangan , county galway , ireland died 6 | |
| 306 | gambler | 1 | PERSON | after the election of 1826 , martin ( now a heavy gambler ) lost his parliamentary seat because of a petition which accused him of illegal voter intimidation during the election . | |
| 307 | life | 1 | EVENT | early life | |
| 308 | debt | 1 | ACTION | he had to flee into hasty exile to boulogne , france , because he could no longer invoke parliamentary immunity to avoid arrest for debt . | |
| 309 | affair | 1 | RELATIONSHIP | following the revelation of her affair with a mr. petrie in paris , martin sued petrie for criminal conversation in 1791 and was awarded £10,000 . | |
| 310 | londonderry journal | 1 | PLACE | in the londonderry journal of 13 june 1786 , it was reported that martin 's black slave boy , reputedly the son of a west african king , was permitted to resign from martin 's service after his father had died and he was recalled to succeed to the throne . | |
| 311 | europe | 1 | PLACE | he travelled extensively in europe and the americas during the 1770s and was in new england when the american revolutionary war began . | |
| 312 | prison | 1 | SOFTWARE | bench to the debtors ' prison , and martin and gompertz raised funds to cover the debts and obtain broome 's release . | |
| 313 | robert martin fitzanthony | 1 | PERSON | martin was born at dangan in county galway , the only son of robert martin fitzanthony of birch hall , county galway , and bridget barnwall , a daughter of robert barnewall , 12th baron trimlestown . | |
| 314 | profile | 1 | RANK | due to martin 's profile as a politician and as the drafter of the anti-cruelty legislation , a public perception developed that he was the initiator and creator of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals . | |
| 315 | mr. petrie | 1 | PERSON | following the revelation of her affair with a mr. petrie in paris , martin sued petrie for criminal conversation in 1791 and was awarded £10,000 . | |
| 316 | richard le poer trench denis bowes daly member | 1 | PERSON | ||
| 317 | clergy | 1 | PERSON | broome invited various clergy , lawyers and parliamentarians to vote on the resolution to create the society and among those present were thomas fowell buxton mp ( 1786-1845 ) , william wilberforce ( 1759-1833 ) , richard martin , sir james mackintosh mp , basil montagu , william mudford , rev. | |
| 318 | lincoln | 1 | PLACE | martin did not graduate with a degree but studied for admission to the bar and was admitted to lincoln 's inn on 1 february 1776 . | |
| 319 | jokes | 1 | COLLECTION | he also tried to spread his ideas in the streets of london , becoming the target of jokes and political cartoons that depicted him with the ears of a donkey . | |
| 320 | colonel | 1 | PERSON | elizabeth vesey ( divorced 1791 ) harriet evans martin ( m. 1794 ) education harrow school alma mater trinity college , cambridge occupation politician , animal welfare campaigner military service allegiance ireland branch/service yeomanry irish volunteers rank colonel unit ballynahinch yeomanry county galway volunteers | |
| 321 | duels | 1 | PART | he fought over a hundred duels with sword and pistol and earned the nickname " hairtrigger dick " . | |
| 322 | erskine | 1 | PERSON | a renewed effort was undertaken in 1809 with an anti-cruelty bill introduced into the house of lords by lord erskine ( 1750-1823 ) which passed in that house but was defeated by a vote in the house of commons . | |
| 323 | admiration | 1 | EVENT | during the period of the family 's exile in boulogne they became well acquainted with the poet sarah burdett ( herself a relative of baroness burdett-coutts 1814-1906 ) and she wrote a poem on 12 april 1834 expressing admiration and blessings on mary jane martin ( richard 's daughter born in 1810 ) . | |
| 324 | stands | 1 | PERSON | martin 's attempt to have an anti-cruelty-to-animals bill passed stands in a chronological line with some previous failed efforts in england 's parliament . | |
| 325 | dangan house | 1 | PLACE | he was raised at dangan house , situated on the corrib river , four miles upriver from the town of galway . | |
| 326 | groundswell | 1 | UNKNOWN | a sympathetic groundswell of public opinion emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century in opposition to cultural amusements such as bull-baiting and cock-fighting and in the visible maltreatment of animals that were herded in for slaughter at london 's smithfield market . | |
| 327 | thomas | 1 | PERSON | broome invited various clergy , lawyers and parliamentarians to vote on the resolution to create the society and among those present were thomas fowell buxton mp ( 1786-1845 ) , william wilberforce ( 1759-1833 ) , richard martin , sir james mackintosh mp , basil montagu , william mudford , rev. | |
| 328 | death | 1 | EVENT | on his death in 1834 his son thomas became his heir . | |
| 329 | conversation | 1 | SITUATION | following the revelation of her affair with a mr. petrie in paris , martin sued petrie for criminal conversation in 1791 and was awarded £10,000 . | |
| 330 | dog fighting | 1 | ACT | a painting of the trial of bill burns , showing richard martin with the donkey in an astonished courtroom , leading to the world 's first known conviction for animal cruelty , a story that delighted london 's newspapers and music halls martin is now best known for his work against animal cruelty , especially against bear baiting and dog fighting . | |
| 331 | birch hall | 1 | PLACE | martin was born at dangan in county galway , the only son of robert martin fitzanthony of birch hall , county galway , and bridget barnwall , a daughter of robert barnewall , 12th baron trimlestown . | |
| 332 | fever | 1 | EVENT | although the workhouse was an apparent pledge to help the poor suffering from starvation , it is agreed that thomas and his family did little to help and approximately 150,000 people died on their land during this period from starvation and fever . | |
| 333 | opposition | 1 | EVENT | a sympathetic groundswell of public opinion emerged in the late 18th and early 19th century in opposition to cultural amusements such as bull-baiting and cock-fighting and in the visible maltreatment of animals that were herded in for slaughter at london 's smithfield market . | |
| 334 | abolition | 1 | EVENT | he was also " a member of the society for the amelioration and gradual abolition of slavery throughout the british dominions which had been formed in 1823 . " | |
| 335 | ban | 1 | PLACE | april 1800 to ban bull-baiting but it was lost to the opposition vote in the house of commons . | |
| 336 | sons robert | 1 | PERSON | richard 's father later married mary lynch , a member of another " tribal " family , with whom he had sons robert and anthony . | |
| 337 | poet sarah burdett | 1 | PERSON | during the period of the family 's exile in boulogne they became well acquainted with the poet sarah burdett ( herself a relative of baroness burdett-coutts 1814-1906 ) and she wrote a poem on 12 april 1834 expressing admiration and blessings on mary jane martin ( richard 's daughter born in 1810 ) . | |
| 338 | poem | 1 | PERSON | during the period of the family 's exile in boulogne they became well acquainted with the poet sarah burdett ( herself a relative of baroness burdett-coutts 1814-1906 ) and she wrote a poem on 12 april 1834 expressing admiration and blessings on mary jane martin ( richard 's daughter born in 1810 ) . | |
| 339 | relative | 1 | EVENT | during the period of the family 's exile in boulogne they became well acquainted with the poet sarah burdett ( herself a relative of baroness burdett-coutts 1814-1906 ) and she wrote a poem on 12 april 1834 expressing admiration and blessings on mary jane martin ( richard 's daughter born in 1810 ) . | |
| 340 | j. g. meymott | 1 | UNKNOWN |
| Categoría | Objetos |
| PERSON |
activist anthony anti cruelty to animals bill baroness burdett coutts basil montagu bear baiting bill bill burns bridget barnwall broome brothers bull baiting burdett cambridge cambridge occupation politician campaigner carts cattle bill child children clergy coach cock fighting colonel concerns correspondents county galway volunteers creator d' arcy argue counsell martin daniel o' connell daughter daughters debtors delight drafter elizabeth vesey emancipation erskine exile father favour fines gambler gentleman commoner gompertz guarantor hairtrigger dick harriet evans martin hasty exile heir henry flood henry grattan high sheriff hon honorary secretary honourable elizabeth vesey horses bill humanity dick immunity in office member independent irish catholic emancipation irish mps james daly member january dangan john ashley warre john lawrence journey kildare king king george iv kings bench lawyer lawyers legislation lewis gompertz line lord erskine lord liverpool lord trimlestown lords martin member mary mary jane martin mary lynch meath member mr. petrie nickname nothing novelist harriet evans martin offenders office member office personal details born parents party independent patronage persons petrie pistol poem poet sarah burdett politician protestant pulteney queen caroline release rev broome rev george bonner rev. arthur broome rev. george avery hatch rev. richard martin richard richard le poer trench denis bowes daly member richard martin robert barnewall robert martin fitzanthony rspca rspca caricature samuel phillips eady sir james graham sir james mackintosh mp slave boy son son thomas sons robert spouse s st. george stands story supporter sword thomas thomas b thomas fowell buxton mp throne tribal trinity wife william johnstone pulteney william mudford william pitt william wilberforce writer |
| PLACE |
african ban bar baron trimlestown birch hall boulogne boulogne sur mer british law canada coffee house corrib river county galway dangan dangan house degree dublin england europe family martin france galway harrow house ireland irish house jamestown life martin lincoln london londonderry journal martin music halls martin new england office paris slaughterhouses town union united kingdom west westminster world writer harriet letitia martin |
| ACT |
act admission amelioration blessings break catholic emancipation cattle act consultation conviction cruelty disambiguation dog fighting interruptions opposition vote petition revelation tutelage vote voter intimidation votes |
| EVENT |
abolition admiration american revolutionary war credit death donkey fever life old slaughter opposition periodicals pledge relative slaughter target trial |
| PERIOD |
april century famine february january june march may november period present windows years |
| INSTANCE |
death tolls descent families penalties records |
| ACTION |
attempt debt debts effort efforts |
| INSTITUTION |
education harrow school alma mater trinity college service slavery society trinity college |
| HUMAN GROUP |
family irish parliament parliament people |
| ACTIVITY |
amusements meeting slaughtering work |
| ESTATE |
bills estate inn |
| PROPERTY |
age childhood seat |
| TREATMENT |
cruel treatment maltreatment treatment |
| RESULT |
basis shipwrecks |
| LAND |
counties land |
| UNIT |
acres miles |
| ELEMENT |
descendants interest |
| RANK |
profile rank |
| FORCE |
affiliations patriot party operation |
| AMOUNT |
reforms smithfield market |
| ORGANISATION |
perception views |
| ROOM |
courtroom |
| DISTANCE |
resolution |
| CAT |
record straight |
| POSITION |
streets |
| GROUP |
funds |
| SOFTWARE |
prison |
| ASSET |
prevention |
| TIME PERIOD |
anniversary |
| IMAGE |
ideas |
| PART |
duels |
| COLLECTION |
jokes |
| CONDITION |
starvation |
| PORTION |
cartoons |
| MATERIAL |
initiator |
| TRUST |
opinion |
| AREA |
area |
| RACE |
centuries |
| FOOD |
food |
| MONEY |
revenue |
| SITUATION |
conversation |
| SPEECH ACT |
letters |
| GOVERNMENT |
tory government |
| QUANTITY |
newspapers |
| FISH |
landlord |
| SPEECH |
speeches |
| LIMB |
limb |
| ANIMAL |
animals |
| NAME |
names |
| STATE |
presence |
| THEATER |
theatre |
| OPPORTUNITY |
scope |
| HORSE |
horse |
| PROCESS |
election |
| SET |
workhouse |
| NUMBER |
kaleidoscope |
| SOUND |
ears |
| RELATIONSHIP |
affair |
| ABSTRACT ENTITY |
painting |