“ He became very unpopular in 1736 for his introduction of the “gin act,” taxing the retailing of spirituous liquors, and his house had to be protected from the mob. Pope has an illusion to “Jekyll or some odd Whig, Who never changed his principle or wig” (Epilogue to the Satires) . Jekyll was also responsible for the Mortmain Act of 1736, which was not superseded till 1888. He died without issue in 1738. ”