Faggot-vote was formerly a name in Britain for a vote procured by the purchase of property so as to constitute a nominal qualification without a substantial basis. Faggot-votes were chiefly used in county elections for members of parliament. The way in which they were usually manufactured was by the purchase of a property which was divided into as many lots as would constitute separate votes, and given to different persons, who were not resident members of the constituency. Research Faggot-vote
Sir Francis Bond Head was a British soldier and writer. He was born in 1793 and died in 1875. He was present at the Battle of Waterloo, being in the royal engineers; in 1825 undertook the working of gold and silver mines in Rio de la Plata; in 1835 became governor of Upper Canada, and in 1838 suppressed the Canadian insurrection, and was made a baronet. He was the author of Bubbles from the Brunnen of Nassau, Rough Notes of Rapid Journeys across the Pampas, A Faggot of French Sticks, The Horse and his Rider, etc. Research Francis Head