When Sidmouth as Home Secretary brought in the " Six Acts " against sedition following the Peterloo Massacre , Boswell turned up to speak on the Seditious Meetings Bill despite wanting to be on the spot to suppress sedition in Ayrshire with his yeomanry . He also spoke against reform of Scottish burgh government in 1819 . In 1820 he was with the yeomanry and highly active in suppressing dissent , although he did not only use force in countering them . Boswell attended an Ayrshire meeting to vote a loyal address to King George IV over the Queen Caroline affair on 30 December 1820
Peterloo Massacre
Peterloo Massacre
Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet