Shrigley abduction was an 1826 British case of a forced marriage by Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the 15-year-old heiress Ellen Turner of Pott Shrigley....
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Patricia Shrigley, British video artist Other Shrigley abduction, an attempted forced marriage between an heiress and Edward Gibbon Wakefield Shrigley and...
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Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the young heiress Ellen Turner, called the Shrigley abduction (his first marriage was also to an heiress, but the parents wanted...
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health. Wakefield was brought to trial for the case known as the Shrigley abduction in 1826 and, along with his brother William, sentenced to three years...
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stabbed to death. March 7 – Shrigley abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy 15-year-old heiress from Cheshire in England, is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield...
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I of France wins the Battle of Craonne. 1826 – Shrigley abduction: 15-year old Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future figure in...
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(sometimes abducted) heiresses; e.g., the second marriage in 1826 of Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the young heiress Ellen Turner, the Shrigley abduction. Other...
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its first students. 7 March – Shrigley abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy 15-year-old heiress from Cheshire, is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield. On...
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fortune hunter. They married in Gretna Green. The case was known as the Shrigley abduction, and the marriage was later annulled by the House of Lords. Wakefield...
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