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[WAKEFIELD, Edward Gibbon (1796-1862)]. Document ordering the constable of Stockport, Cheshire to apprehend Edward Gibbon Wakefield who 'did feloniously take and carry away... Ellen Turner maid of the age of fifteen', 1826, one page, folio.
The promoter of colonisation, Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862) abducted Ellen Turner, the daughter of a wealthy Cheshire manufacturer on 7 March 1826. Wakefield took the girl to Gretna Green, but was arrested by angry relatives at Calais, en route to Paris.
The promoter of colonisation, Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862) abducted Ellen Turner, the daughter of a wealthy Cheshire manufacturer on 7 March 1826. Wakefield took the girl to Gretna Green, but was arrested by angry relatives at Calais, en route to Paris.
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