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Johnstone, Andrew James Cochrane- (1767–1833?), politician and fraudster  

John Sugden

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Johnstone, Andrew James Cochrane- (1767–1833?), politician and fraudster, was born on 24 May 1767 at Belleville, a house in Edinburgh, the eighth surviving son of Thomas Cochrane, eighth earl of Dundonald (1691–1778), and his wife, Jean, née Stewart, of Torrance, Lanarkshire (1722?–1808).

The eighth earl's debts stood at ...

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Kennedy, Thomas, ninth earl of Cassillis (1726–1775)  

Maker: William Mosman

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24 May 2008
Thomas Kennedy, ninth earl of Cassillis (1726–1775) by William Mosman, 1746 Culzean Castle collection; courtesy of The National Trust for Scotland

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Kennedy, Thomas, ninth earl of Cassillis (1726–1775), smuggler and landowner  

Michael S. Moss

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24 May 2008

Kennedy, Thomas, ninth earl of Cassillis (1726–1775), smuggler and landowner, was born on 12 February 1726, the seventeenth child and second surviving son of Sir John Kennedy of Culzean, second baronet (d. 1742), and Jean Douglas (d. 1767), daughter of Andrew Douglas...

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Sharington, Sir William (c. 1495–1553)  

Maker: Hans Holbein the younger

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Sir William Sharington (c. 1495–1553) by Hans Holbein the younger The Royal Collection © 2004 HM Queen Elizabeth II

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Sharington, Sir William (c. 1495–1553), administrator and embezzler  

C. E. Challis

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Sharington, Sir William (c. 1495–1553), administrator and embezzler, was the first son of Thomas Sharington (d. 1527?) of Norfolk and his wife, Katherine, daughter and heir of William Pyrton of Little Bentley, Essex. Despite the obscurity of his early years, it seems clear that two men were instrumental in his rise to importance: ...

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Speckman [alias Brown], Charles (1734?–1763), confidence trickster  

Philip Rawlings

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Speckman [alias Brown], Charles (1734?–1763), confidence trickster, was probably born in London in 1734, although one account reports a slightly earlier birth about 1728 in either Antigua or Barbados (The Ordinary of Newgate). In keeping with his chosen profession he adopted various aliases, and it is therefore difficult to be entirely confident that his name really was ...