John Joseph Stockdale
British publisher (1770/76/77 - 1847) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Joseph Stockdale (1770,[1] 1776[2] or 1777[3] – 16 February 1847) was an English publisher and editor with something of a reputation as a pornographer. He sought to blackmail a number of public figures over the memoirs of society courtesan Harriette Wilson, drawing the notorious retort from the Duke of Wellington, Publish and be damned! He also famously sued the parliamentary reporter Hansard over an allegation that he had published an indecent book and became involved in an important constitutional clash between parliament and the courts that ultimately brought about a change in the law.