Andrew Hardie (radical)
Andrew Hardie was second-in-command of the Radical Forces who marched on Scotland's Carron Ironworks at Bonnymuir near Falkirk in the "Radical War" of 1820.
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The Bonnymuir inscription, memorial to the martyrs Andrew Hardie and John Baird, Woodside Cemetery, Paisley
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The memorial to Andrew Hardie and John Baird, Woodside Cemetery, Paisley
He was sentenced to death and was executed outside Stirling Tolbooth on 8 September 1820, along with John Baird. In his speech on the scaffold he declared himself "a martyr to the cause of truth and justice".[1]
References
- "Account of the executions of Baird & Hardie". Archived from the original on 4 March 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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