Ignatius Sancho Britains First Black Voter

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Today I want to explore the life and legacy of the first known black person to have met these requirements and to have thus voted in a British election. His name was Ignatius Sancho, let’s take a look… • I hope you enjoy this video and find it interesting! • Please subscribe and click the bell icon to be updated about new videos. • Also, if you want to get in touch, please comment down below or find me on social media: • Instagram: katrina.marchant • Twitter: @kat_marchant • TikTok: @katrina_marchant • Email: [email protected] • Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, Greenery [ • Greenery – Silent Partner (No Copyrig... ] • SFX from https://freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx • • Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated): • Portrait of Ignatius Sancho by Thomas Gainsborough (1768). Held by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. • NASA Visible Earth: Blue Marble: Land Surface, Shallow Water, and Shaded Topography Map (2002). • Portrait of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1709). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. • Portrait of Mary Montagu, Duchess of Montagu by Charles Jervas (1700s). Held in an unidentified private collection. • Screenshots from https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/c... • Portrait of George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, 4th Earl of Cardigan by William Beechey (18th century). Held in an unidentified private collection. • Screenshot from: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ear... • Screenshot from: https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/re.... • Portrait of Charles James Fox by Anton Hickel (1794). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. • Photograph of the plaque to Ignatius Sancho, site of Montagu House. Taken by Paul W (2018). • Quoted texts: • Vincent Carretta, ODNB entry on Ignatius Sancho https://www-oxforddnb-com.lonlib.idm.... • Harry Sherrin, “Ignatius Sancho: The First Black Briton to Vote in an Election” (2022) https://www.historyhit.com/ignatius-s... • Reproduced in John Nichols and Samuel Bentley, “Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Anecdotes” (1814). • Ignatius Sancho’s Obituary, The Gazetter (14th December 1780) • Screenshots from: https://www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/...) • Also consulted, were: • Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.

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