Biography:

John Binns (22 December 1772 – 16 June 1860) was a Dublin-born American journalist, the son of ironmonger John Binns (who died in a shipwreck aged about 30 in 1774) and his wife Mary Pemberton. A grand-nephew of Irish Patriot politician and member of Dublin Corporation John Binns, he and his brother Benjamin moved to London and became involved with the politically radical London Corresponding Society, closely aligned with the Society of United Irishmen. As a result of his activities he was imprisoned several times for treason but was released after a two year term as part of a general amnesty.