Anti-Catholicism Catholics, and his replacement by a Dutch Protestant. For decades the Stuarts were supported by France in plots to invade and conquer Britain, and anti-Catholicism persisted. The Gordon Riots of 1780 were a violent anti-Catholic protest in London against the Papists Act of 1778, which was intended to reduce official discrimination against British Catholics. Lord George Gordon, head of the Protestant Association warned that the law would enable Catholics in the British Army to become a dangerous threat. The protest evolved into riots and widespread looting. Local magistrates were afraid of reprisals and did not issue the riot act. There
Kingston (1780 ship) changed to James Young. The "Register of Shipping" for 1818 showed "Kingston"s master changing from J. Topplen to Young, and her trade from London−Southern Fishery to London−Quebec. "Kingston" was last listed in 1819. "Lloyd's Register" and the "Register of Shipping" both showed her master as J.Young, her owner as Gibbon, and her trade as London–Quebec. Notes Citations References [[Category:1780 ships]] [[Category:Age of Sail merchant ships of England]] [[Category:Whaling ships]] Kingston (1780 ship) Kingston was launched at Bristol in 1780 as a West Indiaman. From 1798 she made ten voyages as a whaler. She then briefly sailed between England and Quebec,