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    James Whitaker Wright (9 February 1846 – 26 January 1904) was a company promoter and swindler, who committed suicide at the Royal Courts of Justice in...
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    The statues were amongst the property of the celebrated fraudster Whitaker Wright, who committed suicide by ingestion of a cyanide capsule upon being...
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    conservatory and smoking room. The mansion house, rebuilt for the swindler Whitaker Wright, was gutted by fire in October 1952 and the ruins were demolished in...
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    John Orson Whitaker, Jr. (born December 13, 1959) is an American actor notable for several film and television performances during his childhood. The redheaded...
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    in 1883, having been developed by John Joseph Wright, brother of swindler Whitaker Wright. While Wright may have assisted in the installation of electric...
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    stomach acidity. On 26 January 1904, company promoter and swindler Whitaker Wright died by suicide by ingesting cyanide in a court anteroom immediately...
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    Roman Catholic Church, first Archbishop of Birmingham (1888–1921) Whitaker Wright (1846 in Stafford – 1904) company promoter and swindler, who committed...
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  • Wendy Wright, American activist Wesley Wright (born 1985), American baseball player Whitaker Wright (1846–1904), English businessman Whittni Wright (born...
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  • James Whitaker Wright (1846–1904), English mining company owner James William Wright (1854–1917), Australian architect and politician Jamey Wright (born...
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  • great-grandfather, the legendary James Whitaker Wright I in the late 19th century. Their plan follows along that of Wright I – to convince the bank's greedy...
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