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Sunday 27 February 2011

The Escape Of Lord Nithsdale, 1716.

Lord Nithsdale was a Jacobite, and he was sent to the Tower pending his execution in 1716. But his wife visited with her maid, and Lord Nithsdale changed clothes with the maid and escaped.
I often wonder what happened to the maid?!
Painting By Emily Mary Osborn.

More information at: http://www.executedtoday.com/2011/02/24/1716-lord-kenmure-derwentwater-nithsdale/

My thanks to Nelly for the following links to this story:
http://www.yourphotocard.com/Ascanius/documents/The%20Escape%20of%20Lord%20Nithsdale%20from%20the%20Tower%20of%20London.pdf

http://www.burkespeerage.com/articles/scotland/esnews/es1202b1.aspx
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6 comments:

  1. Nelly27 February 2011 at 18:36

    Maybe someone will pick up on that side of the story and go with it.You may like the Cross Stitch series by Dianna Gabaldon lots of Jacobites in it.Great read.

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  2. Nelly27 February 2011 at 18:58

    And since it peaked my interest I went googling and http://www.yourphotocard.com/Ascanius/documents/The%20Escape%20of%20Lord%20Nithsdale%20from%20the%20Tower%20of%20London.pdf and http://www.burkespeerage.com/articles/scotland/esnews/es1202b1.aspx
    that has more info.

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  3. Gorges Smythe27 February 2011 at 19:50

    Inquiring minds want to know! :-)

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  4. Keith28 February 2011 at 13:43

    Thanks for the links Nelly, much appreciated! I have added them to the post.
    Regards, Keith.

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  5. murphyfish2 March 2011 at 02:01

    It also beggars some questions, was the maid a particular large women or was Lord Nithsdale small in statue? was the lighting poor or just the guards eyesight? (or was there some gold averting their eyes perhaps). Slightly tongue in cheek I know Keith, although perhaps pertinent.
    Regards,
    John

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  6. Keith2 March 2011 at 16:10

    I think John that if you go to the links you will find that another lady was involved attracting the guard's attention. Also having stood guard duty quite a bit myself I can attest to it getting rather boring. Perhaps the guard's lack of interest lead to him seeing what he expected to see.
    Regards, Keith.

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