Stephen Sayre

general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fights for the American Continental Army but defects to the British Army

1736 CE to 1818 CE

Stephen Sayre (1736–1818) is a member of a thousand-strong American community living in London at the time of the outbreak of the War of Independence in 1775.

A close associate of John Wilkes, the radical Lord Mayor of London, Sayre, a merchant and a city sheriff, is alleged to have planned to kidnap George III with the help of the London mob.

The King is to be taken to the Tower of London, before being bundled off to his ancient patrimony in Hanover.

Details of this improbable scheme are revealed to the British government in October 1775 by Lord Rochford, the minister responsible for domestic security.

It is a time of acute political tension, and the authorities are already alert to the possibility of some form of subversive action.

In the Proclamation of Rebellion, issued in the autumn, the population is asked to be aware of "diverse wicked and desperate Persons", and asked to inform the authorities of any "traitorous Conspiracies and Attempts against Us, Our Crown and Dignity."

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