John Binns (journalist)
John Binns was a Dublin-born American journalist, the son of ironmonger John Binns and his wife Mary Pemberton. A grand-nephew of Irish Patriot politician and member of Dublin Corporation John Binns, he and his older 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 in Gloucester jail, as part of a general amnesty. According to A Compendium of Irish Biography,
