Episode 3 of 4
Abduction from Liverpool
- When
- 7 March 1826
- Where
- Liverpool
Wakefield sent his servant to Liverpool to lure Ellen Turner from her boarding school using false claims about her father's financial collapse and her mother's health.
On 7 March 1826, Wakefield dispatched his servant Edward Thevenot with a carriage to Liverpool, where Ellen Turner was a pupil. Thevenot transported her to Manchester to meet Wakefield, who deceived her by stating her father's business had failed and that he had agreed to take her to Carlisle.
Sources
- Shrigley abduction Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-17
- Edward Gibbon Wakefield Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-13
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