Background
He was a son of George Speke of Whitelackington, Somerset. His father was a member of the Green Ribbon Club, the Whig organization founded in 1675, and was a supporter of the Duke of Monmouth, voting for the Exclusion Bill in 1681.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Hugh Speke
Hugh Speke was an English writer and agitator.
Career
In 1687 he was released, and in 1688 he served James II as a spy in the camp of William of Orange. In December of this year a document, apparently official, was found by a London bookseller. lieutenant appears to have been the work of Speke, although this was not known until 1709, when he asserted his authorship in his Memoirs of the Most Remarkable Passages and Transactions of the Revolution.
He afterwards issued these memoirs with modifications as The Secret History of the Happy Revolution in 1688 (1715).
After imploring both Anne and George I to reward his past services, Speke died in obscurity before 1725. Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, educated
(1911). "article name needed".
Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed). Cambridge University Press.
Connections
- Friend:
- James, Duke of York
