Mrs Caroline Norton nee Sheridan. Born in London on the 22nd of March 1808. English Author. First unhappily married to the Tory member of parliament for Guildford George Norton. Caroline went through a very trying divorce after George accused her of adultery and proceeded to prevent her from seeing her three children. Caroline would proceed to marry William Stirling-Maxwell, Politician and Art-Historian before her death. How does Caroline fit into the ‘Square Mile of Murder’ in Glasgow? You may have known Caroline Norton was quite well known for her pursuit of Women’s rights. She after having had her children stripped …
Month: April 2021
A strange yet terrifying account
In 1908 the Aberdeen People’s Journal printed “Recollections of a Police Spy” a story set prior to Jessie McLachlan being branded the Sandyford Murderess of Glasgow. Within the article, Mr. Jones claims that at the age of 17 he worked as a law firm apprentice in Glasgow. In the July of 1862, he alleges that he was sent to deliver a note into the hands of Jessie McLachlan of the Broomielaw. The note read that unless she paid the apprentice her rent arrears her furniture would be poinded the following day. Mr. Jones continued by asserting that Jessie began to …
How did you travel to Australia Dr. Pritchard?
On Tuesday I told you all I was looking for Edward Pritchard’s ‘Death Mask’. A cast of his head was taken by Mr. Alexander Stewart of the Phrenological Museum of Edinburgh, and my mind was stuck on wanting to see if it still existed. Of course certain things are lost over the years through simple misplacement or damage, some items are left in a dank storage facility or placed in an attic never to be thought about until someone comes along and recognises it’s worth. This is not the case however with Edward Pritchard’s head cast. A million thank yous …