Notable Loyalists
Thomas Hutchinson- A famous Loyalist, born in Boston, to an old American family, a businessman, a historian, and a successful merchant as well. Hutchinson served as the governor of Massachusetts and many people believed he was pro-British, and supported the stamp act. In 1765 an angry mob protesting the crowns policies, attacked his house and burned it. Then in 1775 he left America and moved to London to live the rest of his life in exile.
John Malcolm- As a British customs official, sea captain and an army official, as pictured to the left, he was the victim of the most public tarring and feathering. Malcolm was actually tarred and feathered two times but the second time was the worst. An angry mob came into his home in the middle of the night and dragged him out, the mob then tarred and feathered him and said they would cut off his ears if he did not resign his duty as customs official and return to England. Malcolm quickly agreed to the mobs demands to avoid having his ears cut off and moved back to England. Malcolm died in 1788.