William Hey was only the mouthpiece apparantly. William Hulton actualy gave the orders for both the riot act to be read and the yeomanry to go in - against the advice of both the chief of police and the regular army. He was what is known as a bit of a bastard. Still, if Peterloo did one thing it finished his political career. Even his peers shunned him after and he died, apparantly, with no friends and still convinced he had done nothing wrong!

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