John Trenchard

Biography

John Trenchard was an English writer and Commonwealthman. He is best known for writing a series of 144 essays with Thomas Gordon entitled Cato’s Letters, condemning corruption and lack of morality within the British political system and warning against tyranny.

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John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon
Cato’s Anti-​Federalist No. 5

Writing under the pseudonym Cato, Trenchard and Gordon argue against the Constitution, warning that it will lead to a new corruptible aristocracy.