CARTWRIGHT, JOHN, brother of the preceding, was born at litnrnham in 1740, and entered the navy at an early age. In 1774 ho published 'Letters on American Independence;' and though attached to his profession he declined taking part iu the struggle which ensued between the mother country and the North American colonial. In 1775 he received a major's commission in the Nottiughatnehlre militia, an appointment which the ministry regarded with displeasure. The attainment of annual parliamente and universal suffrage became the object of his exertions; and to further this end he was active in establishing the 'Society for Constitutional Information,' and in co-operating with Tooke, Hardy, Thelwall, and other advocates of reform. lie was a witness on the trial of the above individuals; and in 1S19 wee himself the object of an ex-officio prosecution for having with others taken steps for procuring a' legislatorial attorney' to be returned to parliament for the then unrepreseeted town of Birming ham. His name is intimately connected with the early history of the
question of parliamentary reform. Ile possessed considerable intelli gence and ingenuity, and was the author of several useful projects, and a number of pamphlets and occasional addresses, Though retain ing his commission in the navy, he was invariably called Major Cart wright. Ile died on the 23rd of September, 1824, and would have completed his eighty-fourth year on the 28th. A bronze statue line been erected to his memory in Burton-crescent, Loudon, by contribu tione from his admirers and friends.
(life and Correspondence of Major Cartwright, edited by his niece, F. 1). Cartwright, 2 vela. 8vo, London, 1S26,)