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Earl of Nithsdale

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Feb 23, 2020

anniversaries, battles, buildings, law, religion

Battle of Preston, Brazil, Clauvino da Silva, Countess of Nithsdale, cross-dressing, drug barons, Dumfries, Earl of Nithsdale, escapes, Hexham, Jacobites, James “VIII/III”, James VII/II, Jedburgh, planned executions, rebellions, Scotland, St. Germain, Tower of London

Here is an Evening Standard article about Clauvino da Silva (left), a Brazillian gang leader who tried to escape from prison disguised as his own daughter, but his “feminine walk” was unconvincing and he didn’t leave the prison. He seems to have hanged himself the following day. Things turned out differently for William Maxwell, the…
People who escaped from the Tower of London.

Nov 2, 2017

anniversaries, buildings

Arthur Capell Baron Hadham, Earl of Nithsdale, escapes, executions, Ralph de Flambard, recaptures, Roger Mortimer, Sir John Mortimer, Sir John Oldcastle, Tower of London, William Seymour Duke of Somerset

This is an attempt to list all the people known to have escaped from the “impregnable” Tower of London. It may be that other names need to be added. The dates given are the dates of escape: Ralph de Flambard, 1101 Roger Mortimer, later Earl of March, 1322. Thomas Berkeley, 1320s. Note not listed in main…