Bryan Edwards (politician)

Bryan Edwards, (21 May 1743 – 15/16 July 1800) was an English politician and historian born in Westbury, Wiltshire, England. He owned several plantations in Jamaica, and was active as a politician in both Jamaica and England.

A portrait of Bryan Edwards, painted by Lemuel Francis Abbott.

Quotes

• Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
  • Bryan Edwards, Bradshaw's Epitaph, circa 1774. Bell, J. L. (27 February 2004). “It was proposed to erect a cenotaph to the President’s memory”. Boston 1775: History, analysis, and unabashed gossip about the start of the American Revolution in Massachusetts., Emery, David (9 April 2023). Who Said 'Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God'?. Snopes., Lawrence-Archer, J. H. (1875). Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies from the Earliest Date: With Genealogical and Historical Annotations, from Original, Local, and Other Sources, Illustrative of the Histories and Genealogies of the Seventeenth Century, the Calendars of State Papers, Peerages and Baronetages; with Engravings of the Arms of the Principal Families. Chatto and Windus. p. 8. 

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