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  shrigley abduction - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
The Shrigley abduction was a British case of an attempted forced marriage of young heiress Ellen Turner to later colonial politician Edward Gibbon Wakefield.
At the time of the abduction, Turner was a High Sheriff of Cheshire and they lived in Shrigley Hall, near Macclesfield.
She died in childbirth at the age of 19 and was survived by a son.
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 SHRIGLEY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Search the SHRIGLEY Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
Search the SHRIGLEY Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
Find graves of people named SHRIGLEY at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
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 Stranger than fiction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
For, in March, 1826, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a 30-year-old former diplomat with one elopement already to his name, arranged for 15-year-old Ellen Turner to be spirited away from her boarding school and, within 36 hours of their first meeting, had tricked her into marrying him.
WHAT makes the Shrigley abduction so fascinating is the lurid way in which it was reported by the newspapers of the day.
The Shrigley Abduction, by Abby Ashby and Audrey Jones, is published by Sutton.
www.manchesteronline.co.uk /entertainment/arts/literature/s/82/82127_stranger_than_fiction.html   (1405 words)

  
 1827 Definition / 1827 Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
March 7 – Ellen Turner is abducted – The Shrigley AbductionThe Shrigley abduction was a British case of an attempted forced marriage of young heiress Ellen Turner to later colonial politician Edward Gibbon Wakefield.
Even at the age of fifteen, Ellen was one of the most eligibl...
[click for more] – Culprits of the Shrigley Abduction are sentenced for three years each
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 Shrigley Abduction, NEW ED by Audrey Jones 075093297X by JONES, AUDREY ASHBY, ABBY from Book Megastore online shop
Shrigley Abduction, NEW ED by Audrey Jones 075093297X by JONES, AUDREY ASHBY, ABBY from Book Megastore online shop
Shrigley Abduction, NEW ED by Audrey Jones on offer at £6.56
Described in its time as a tale of anguish, deceit and violation of the domestic hearth (The Times), this is the story of the notorious abduction in 1826 of Ellen Turner, a wealthy 15-year-old heiress, by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a 30-year-old British diplomat.
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 Shrigley Abduction, by Audrey Jones 0750932805 by JONES, AUDREY ASHBY, ABBY from Book Megastore online shop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Shrigley Abduction, by Audrey Jones 0750932805 by JONES, AUDREY ASHBY, ABBY from Book Megastore online shop
The story of the notorious abduction in 1826 of Ellen Turner, a wealthy 15-year-old heiress, by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a 30-year-old British diplomat.
It is a story of deception and the allure of high society with a strong Byronic character at its heart.
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 Mail on Sunday, The (London): A hostage to her emotions.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Byline: KATHRYN HUGHES The Shrigley Abduction by Abby Ashby and Audrey Jones Sutton Publishing [pounds sterling]15.99 * [pounds sterling]12.79 (0870 165 0870) One day in 1826, a carriage trundled up to a genteel boarding school in rural Lancashire.
The messenger announced to the headmistress that one of the pupils, an heiress called Ellen Turner, was urgently needed at home.
Her mother was extremely ill and her father was desperate for their only child to return at once to their magnificent stately home of Shrigley Hall.
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 Product: The Shrigley Abduction
Described in its time as a 'tale of anguish, deceit and violation of the domestic hearth' (The Times), this is the story of the notorious abduction in 1826 of Ellen Turner, a wealthy fifteen-year-old heiress, by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a thirty-year-old British diplomat.
The Shrigley Abduction is a compelling narrative, a story of deception and the lure of 'high society', with a strong Byronic character at its heart.
Wakefield was sentenced to three years in Newgate, an experience which profoundly affected him.
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