page_title: William Skirving
hierarchical_section_title: William Skirving
caption_attribution_description: English: William Skirving (left), Fife farmer and radical campaigner for parliamentary reform in the late 18th century. As one of the 'Friends of the People', he was charged with sedition by the Crown and after a state trial was transported to Botany Bay where he died. He is commemorated on the Political Martyrs' Monument on the Calton Hill in Edinburgh.
context_page_description: William Skirving was one of the five Scottish Martyrs for Liberty. Active in the cause of universal franchise and other reforms inspired by the French Revolution, they were convicted of sedition in 1793-94, and sentenced to transportation to New South Wales.
context_section_description: William Skirving (c. 1745–1796) was one of the five Scottish Martyrs for Liberty. Active in the cause of universal franchise and other reforms inspired by the French Revolution, they were convicted of sedition in 1793-94, and sentenced to transportation to New South Wales.
caption: William Skirving (left) tableau in the Abbot House, Dunfermline
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