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John Wilkes, a British Radical who was expelled from the British parliament in 1769. The South Carolina colonial legislature voted to contribute funds to a group supporting Wilkes, prompting the Wilkes fund controversy.

The Wilkes fund controversy was a political controversy in South Carolina concerning the colonial legislature's appropriation of funds to a group supporting John Wilkes, a British Radical who was expelled from the British parliament in 1769.

Appropriation of funds

The South Carolina Commons House of Assembly voted to provide a £1,500 grant to the Society of Gentlemen Supporters of the Bill of Rights, a group formed to financially support Wilkes soon after his expulsion from Parliament.

Attempted resolution and aftermath

Garth persuaded Lord William Campbell, the incoming governor, that the revocation of offending instructions was essential to the restoration of royal government in South Carolina.

The dispute between the Commons House and the Crown was never settled, effectively resulting in a legal stalemate.

References

Bibliography

• Greene, Jack P. (February 1963). "Bridge to Revolution: The Wilkes Fund Controversy in South Carolina, 1769- 1775". The Journal of Southern History. 29 (1): 19–52.

Further reading

Category:Pre-statehood history of South Carolina Category:1769 in South Carolina