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Cover Bottomley, Horatio William (1860–1933)

Bottomley, Horatio William (1860–1933)  

Maker: Bassano

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Horatio William Bottomley (1860–1933) by Bassano, 1918 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Bottomley, Horatio William (1860–1933), journalist and swindler  

A. J. A. Morris

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Bottomley, Horatio William (1860–1933), journalist and swindler, was the only son of William King Bottomley (1827–1863), a tailor's cutter, and his wife, Elizabeth, née Holyoake. He was born on 23 March 1860 at 16 St Peter's Street, Bethnal Green, London. Orphaned by the age of four, ...

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Cole, Joseph Windle (b. 1808x10, d. in or after 1858), swindler  

Richard Davenport-Hines

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Cole, Joseph Windle (b. 1808x10, d. in or after 1858), swindler, was a shipping clerk during the 1830s with the London merchant house of Forbes, Forbes & Co., and in 1840–44 represented them in Bombay. He was summarily dismissed as their Liverpool agent in 1845, and in the following year became a partner with ...

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Grieve, Elizabeth Harriet (b. c. 1723, d. in or after 1782), swindler  

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Grieve, Elizabeth Harriet (b. c. 1723, d. in or after 1782), swindler, details of whose upbringing and parentage are unknown, gained notoriety in London in the early 1770s for a series of artful and audacious schemes whereby she duped not only tradesmen seeking preferment and places, but also a famous '...

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Cover Maxwell, (Ian) Robert (1923–1991)

Maxwell, (Ian) Robert (1923–1991)  

Maker: Ida Kar

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(Ian) Robert Maxwell (1923–1991) by Ida Kar, c. 1960 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Maxwell, (Ian) Robert (1923–1991), publisher and swindler  

Richard Davenport-Hines

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Maxwell, (Ian) Robert (1923–1991), publisher and swindler, was born on 10 June 1923 in Synagogue Street, Slatinske Doly (Szlatina), a village in Czechoslovakia on a disputed frontier with Romania. He was one of seven children of Mehel Hoch (1887–1942?), agricultural labourer, and Chanca (...

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Redpath, Leopold (b. 1816?, d. in or after 1868), swindler  

Richard Davenport-Hines

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Redpath, Leopold (b. 1816?, d. in or after 1868), swindler, was probably born in 1816 (1813 by another account), and was the son of James Redpath, a poor man. When young he worked as a clerk. On 23 February 1840 (pretentiously describing himself as a merchant and his father as a gentleman) he married a lady's companion, ...

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Robson, William James (b. 1822?, d. in or after 1862), swindler  

Richard Davenport-Hines

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Robson, William James (b. 1822?, d. in or after 1862), swindler, was probably born in 1822 (though some accounts indicate November 1820 or 1821) at Chingford, Essex, the son of a hay salesman from whose home he ran away. As a young man he worked as a law writer and later as a clerk of the ...

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Cover Sadleir, John (1813–1856)

Sadleir, John (1813–1856)  

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John Sadleir (1813–1856) by unknown engraver courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

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Sadleir, John (1813–1856), politician and swindler  

James O'Shea

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Sadleir, John (1813–1856), politician and swindler, was born on 17 November 1813 at Shronell House in the parish of Shronell, co. Tipperary. He was the fifth of seven children of Clement William Sadleir, farmer and middleman, reputedly descended from Henry Sadeleyer of Hackney...

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Cover Savundra, Emil (1923–1976)

Savundra, Emil (1923–1976)  

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Emil Savundra (1923–1976) by unknown photographer © News International Newspapers Ltd

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Savundra, Emil [formerly Marion Emil Anacletus Pierre Savundranayagam] (1923–1976), swindler  

Richard Davenport-Hines

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Savundra, Emil [formerly Marion Emil Anacletus Pierre Savundranayagam] (1923–1976), swindler, was born on 6 July 1923 in Ceylon. His father was stated to have been a Ceylonese judge. He attended school in Ceylon, and although he never attended university, he gained a doctorate of civil law from the ...

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Wilks, John (c.1798–1846), swindler  

Richard Davenport-Hines

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Wilks, John (c.1798–1846), swindler, was the eldest child of the two sons and three daughters) of John Wilks (1776?–1854) and his first wife, Mary Mullis (1774–1814). John Wilks senior, attorney and politician, was the son of Matthew Wilks...