Encyclopedias: Spartacus Educational: Reform of Parliament: John Stafford

Description: Chief Clerk at Bow Street courthouse. One of his main tasks was to recruit Home Office spies, give them their orders and to receive their reports. Their information led to the arrest several members of the Spencean Philanthropists, a group who were involved in the Spa Riots and the Cato Street Conspiracy. (1766-1837)