He sought to obtain the release of John Frost and other Chartists.

John Frost and 3,000 other Chartists marched on the Westgate Hotel at the centre of the town.

John Frost was sentenced to death for treason, but this was later commuted to transportion to Australia.

His father, John Frost, who had been a British naval officer, died when he was twelve.

John Frost had a natural and early love of drawing, and without any instruction from others succeeded in producing some excellent works.

John Frost received only six months for his sedition.

John Frost is sentenced to six months in prison for a libel against the town clerk of Newport.

October - John Frost joins the Chartist movement.

John Frost was arrested in Newport shortly after the riot, followed by other leaders of the group.

March - John Frost loses his position as a magistrate because of his Chartist sympathies.