Tyldesley witch
Redirected to Edmund Hartley.
Male
French, Male, Painter
Pierre Adolphe Valette
French Impressionist painter who taught at the Manchester School of Art from 1906 until 1920.
Criminal, English, Male
Jack Sheppard
Jack Sheppard (1702–1724) was a notorious thief in early 18th-century London, wildly popular with the poorer classes.
English, Entrepreneur, Male, Painter
George Tutill
Artist and entrepreneur who started a business at the age of 20, manufacturing banners and regalia.
English, Male, Writer
William Harrison Ainsworth
English historical novelist, at one time considered a rival to Charles Dickens.
Male, Scottish, Witch
Robert Grierson, witchcraft
Named by several accused of witchcraft during the North Berwick witch trials, Grierson died whilst being tortured during his interrogation.
Explorer, Male, Scottish
William Speirs Bruce
Scottish naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organised and led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902–1904.
School teacher convicted of witchcraft in 1590, a central figure in the North Berwick witch trials.
Male, Scottish
Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Master of Glamis (born 1821)
Child rumoured to have been born horribly deformed, and raised in a secret room in Glamis Castle, the so-called Monster of Glamis.
Collector, Male, Scottish
Joseph Neil Paton
Damask designer and antiquarian with large collection containing witchcraft objects, including the skull of Lilias Adie. Father of the artist Joseph Noel Paton.
