William Jackson (1737 c.-1795)
Irish clergyman who wrote for the Morning Post and afterwards as a
spy for the French government, plotting an invasion of Britain; he was found guilty of
treason and poisoned himself before he could be executed.
Irish clergyman who wrote for the Morning Post and afterwards as a
spy for the French government, plotting an invasion of Britain; he was found guilty of
treason and poisoned himself before he could be executed.