Sir John Boghouse!!! : A new song.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1834]
In one column.
Sir John Boghouse = Sir John Cam Hobhouse.
'Tune - Saw ye my father'.
Concerning the Edinburgh parliamentary by-election of 2nd June 1834, which took place after the resignation of Francis Jeffrey on his appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice - Lord Jeffrey. Sir John Cam Hobhouse was the preferred candidate of the Whig party and was invited to stand, but declined to do so. Sir John Campbell was subsequently chosen and stood against John Learmonth and James Aytoun. Campbell was the successful candidate.
First lines read: 'Who cares a single louse, / For Sir John Boghouse, / Or with Aytoun pretends to compare him? / He's a mere tool of the clique.
Aytoun, James 1797-1881
Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869
Murray, John Archibald Murray, Lord, 1778-1859
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