Queen Victoria served as monarch of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901. [121] The accuracy of Hutchinson's statement was disputed among the senior police. Historian Helen Rappaport investigates Published: January 7, 2020 at 10:11 am Enjoying HistoryExtra.com? Albert Victor, known as "Eddy" to his family, was neither intelligent, hardworking nor intellectually curious. As everyone alive at the time is now dead, modern authors are free to accuse anyone they can, "without any need for any supporting historical evidence". Furthermore a house-to-house search was conducted for the case of every man in the district whose circumstances were such that he could go and come and get rid of his bloodstains in secret. Sir Robert Anderson goes on to state the conclusion the police came to following this investigation "was that he [Jack the Ripper] and his people were certain low-class Polish Jews" but since the person who identified him was also a Polish Jew and "people of that class in the East End will not give up one of their number to Gentile justice" the suspect was never prosecuted. [23] Some authors are sceptical of this, while others use it in their theories. Lechmere's family background is also similar to that of many serial killers: he grew up in a "broken home"; having never known his biological father, he had two stepfathers; and his childhood was characterized by an instability of residence, growing up in a series of different homes. [109] When an excerpt of Wallace's book appeared in Harper's, a letter to the editor cleverly debunked the idea that the anagrams which Wallace had produced from Carroll's work were meaningful: the authors of the letter, Guy Jacobson and Francis Heaney, took the first paragraph of Wallace's excerpt and produced an impressive anagram that had Wallace confessing to the murder of Nicole Brown and the framing of O. J. Simpson, thus demonstrating how incriminating anagrams could be produced from any reasonably lengthy passage. The detective, Trevor Marriott, a former member of the Bedfordshire homicide squad, points to the fact that two merchant docks were in operation near Whitechapeland that the men who passed through them were known to frequent local brothels. However, Donald Bell suggested that he could have bribed officials and left the prison before his official release,[75] and Sir Edward Marshall-Hall suspected that his prison term may have been served by a look-alike in his place. Norris reported Kelly's Broadmoor Asylum file from before his escape and his eventual return had never been opened since 1927 until Norris was given special permission for access to it, and that the file is the perfect profile match for Jack the Ripper.[126]. Aronson, p. 105; Cook, p. 281; Harrison, p. 238. Joseph Barnett (c. 18581927) was a former fish porter, and victim Mary Kelly's lover from 8 April 1887 to 30 October 1888, when they quarrelled and separated after he lost his job and she returned to prostitution to make a living. Robert Anderson's memoirs, quoted in Evans and Skinner, George Hutchinson (Jack the Ripper suspect), University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, royal/masonic conspiracy theory concocted by Joseph Gorman, Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet, of the City of London, "Jack the Ripper As the Threat of Outcast London", "Jack the Ripper identified as Aaron Kosminski from 126 year old DNA from blood on the shawl of victim Catherine Eddowes", "Jack the Ripper: Scientist who claims to have identified notorious killer has 'made serious DNA error', "Can mitochondrial DNA in human fingerprints identify a person? [30][31] Furthermore, many consider it conjecture without substantial evidence that the shawl, purportedly removed from the crime scene by police constable Amos Simpson, even belonged to Eddowes who herself was impoverished, and arguably could not have afforded to purchase it herself. [89] According to Wolf Vanderlinden, some of the murders listed by Marriott did not actually occur; the newspapers often embellished or created Ripper-like stories to boost sales. "[99] His younger brother Prince George wrote, "how deeply I did love him; & I remember with pain nearly every hard word & little quarrel I ever had with him & I long to ask his forgiveness, but, alas, it is too late now! He was named as the Ripper as part of the evolution of the widely discredited Masonic/royal conspiracy theory outlined in such books as Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution. Over twenty years later in 1910, Newton was struck off for twelve months for professional misconduct after falsifying letters from another of his clients, the notorious murderer Dr Crippen. And, according to the inquest into the murder of Polly Nichols, the Rippers first known victim, Mann took the unnecessary step of undressing her at the morgue; in Trows view, he did this in order to admire his own handiwork. "[82] It was labelled "a scandal of the first magnitude on the lips of every clubman",[82] and compared to the Tranby Croft affair, in which his father was called to give evidence at a trial for slander. The only female suspect considered by the detectives investigating the case was Mary Pearcey, an English woman who in 1890 was executed for murdering her lovers wife and child with a carving knife. There is hardly any record of the lives of its residents. Harrison supposed that Stephen may have had sexual feelings for Albert Victor and that Stephen's hatred of women arose from jealousy because Albert Victor preferred female company and did not reciprocate Stephen's feelings. [189] The H. H. Holmes theory is the basis for an eight-part cable TV series entitled American Ripper, which premiered on the History Channel on 11 July 2017. [195] However, the population of Whitechapel was largely transient, impoverished and often used aliases. 218219; Evans and Skinner (2000), p. 551. [168][169], Other named suspects include German hairdresser Charles Ludwig, apothecary and mental patient Oswald Puckridge (18381900), insane medical student John Sanders (18621901), Swedish tramp Nikaner Benelius, and even social reformer Thomas Barnardo, who claimed he had met one of the victims (Elizabeth Stride) shortly before her murder. [83], Frederick Bailey Deeming (30 July 1853 23 May 1892) murdered his first wife and four children in Rainhill near St. Helens, Lancashire, in 1891. Yet by the time of his premature death in 1892, he had disappointed his family and been linked to a sexual scandal. [78] After stabbing a woman in the backside and attempting to stab a second he was pronounced insane and committed to Broadmoor Hospital in 1891, where he remained until his death in 1903. She concludes that "Feigenbaum could have been responsible for one, some or perhaps all" of the Whitechapel murders. His insanity took the form of auditory hallucinations, a paranoid fear of being fed by other people, a refusal to wash or bathe, and "self-abuse". In it, Norris claims that James Kelly was Jack the Ripper and that he was also responsible for multiple murders in cities around the United States. In a documentary titled Jack the Ripper: The New Evidence, Swedish journalist Christer Holmgren and criminologist Gareth Norris of Aberystwyth University, with assistance from former detective Andy Griffiths, proposed that Lechmere was the Ripper. [21] In August 1884, he spent some time at Heidelberg University studying German, before returning to Cambridge. We strive for accuracy and fairness. 133135; Harrison, pp. [101] Stowell later denied implying that Clarence was the Ripper[102] but efforts to investigate his claims further were hampered, as Stowell was elderly, and he died from natural causes just days after the publication of his article. Many facts contradict this theory and its originator, Joseph Gorman (also known as Joseph Sickert), later retracted the story and admitted to the press that it was a hoax. Holmgren believes that Lechmere may have been responsible for several other murders in addition to those of the canonical five victims and Martha Tabram. 218222; Evans and Skinner, Macnaghten's notes quoted in Rumbelow, p. 143, Rumbelow, p. 266; Whitehead and Rivett, p. 126. He was given more public engagements, visited Ireland and Gibraltar, and opened the Hammersmith suspension bridge. He admitted himself as a patient at the London Hospital in Whitechapel shortly before the murders started, and left shortly after they ceased. [144] For example, one of the sources named in the manuscript was a London-based Russian journalist called Nideroest, who was known for inventing sensational stories. She denied any relation to them, however, and there was no evidence to contradict her claim. [185] DNA analysis of the gum used on a postage stamp of one of these letters was "inconclusive" and "not forensically reliable". "Victorian Scandal Revealed". [22] In 1888, he was awarded an honorary degree by the university. His absence at sea, and on travels and duty with his regiment, kept him out of the general eye at times, there was a sallowness of hue, which much increased the grave aspect not only in the metropolis, but throughout the country, somehow, it was always said, 'He will never come to the throne.'[107]. Even if Haddon's claim had been true, as with other illegitimate births it would have made no difference to the royal line of succession. Researchers have failed to find evidence that he had committed crimes any more serious than fraud and theft. Mary later married his younger brother, who eventually became King George V in 1910. [39] Aronson's judgement was based on Albert Victor's "adoration of his elegant and possessive mother; his 'want of manliness'; his 'shrinking from horseplay'; [and] his 'sweet, gentle, quiet and charming' nature",[39] as well as the Cleveland Street rumours and his opinion that there is "a certain amount of homosexuality in all men". According to the official Court Circular, family journals and letters, newspaper reports and other sources, he could not have been near any of the murders. [104] The Prince is buried in the Albert Memorial Chapel close to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. He died two years later, presumably of natural causes. 241242; Macpherson, pp. [41] Ostrog was last mentioned alive in 1904; the date of his death is unknown. Coles was murdered on 13 February 1891. [35], In December 1889, it was reported that the Prince and Princess of Wales were "daily assailed with anonymous letters of the most outrageous character" bearing upon the scandal. His 1890 asylum records report that he feels that if he is not restrained he will do some violence to some one. Bob Clark's Sherlock Holmes mystery Murder by Decree was released in 1979 with "Duke of Clarence (Eddy)" played by Robin Marchal. Over the years, a number of people, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, have toyed with the notion that Jack the Ripper was not a bloodthirsty bloke but a femme fataleliterally. Rather than implicate Albert Victor directly, they claim that he secretly married and had a daughter with a Catholic shop assistant, and that Queen Victoria, British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury, his Freemason friends, and the Metropolitan Police conspired to murder anyone aware of Albert Victor's supposed child. Aronson, pp. In the mid-20th century, the official biographers of Queen Mary and King George V, James Pope-Hennessy and Harold Nicolson respectively, promoted hostile assessments of Albert Victor's life, portraying him as lazy, ill-educated and physically feeble. Holmes own great-great grandson, Jeff Mudgett, believes his ancestor was also Jack the Ripper, based on a series of diary entries in which Holmes purportedly outlined his involvement in the Whitechapel murders. Reviewers of Le Queux's book were aware of Nideroest's background, and unabashedly referred to him as an "unscrupulous liar". ". [50] Sadler was named in Macnaghten's 1894 memorandum in connection with Coles's murder. 2358, quoted in Begg, Cook, pp. She became queen consort on George's accession. [94] Letters dated 1885 and 1886 from Albert Victor to his doctor at Aldershot (known only as "Roche") detail that he was taking medicine for 'glete' (gleet), then a term for gonorrhea discharge.[95]. [57] He was entertained sumptuously in Hyderabad by the Nizam,[58] and elsewhere by many other maharajahs. 1920. Her injuries were also hidden under her clothing, whereas the Ripper typically left the wounds displayed. He gave a very detailed description of the man, claiming he was "of Jewish appearance", despite the darkness of that night. Mary of Teck Biography; Author: Biography.com Editors . He died before his father, whose reign lasted between 1901 and 1910, and grandmother Victoria. He was staying with relatives at the time of one of the murders, and he was talking with a police officer while watching a spectacular fire on the London Docks at the time of another. He wrote a newspaper article in which he claimed that black magic was the motive for the killings and alleged that the Ripper was a Frenchman. [148][149][150] Cornwell's allegation that Sickert was the Ripper was based on a DNA analysis of letters that had been sent to Scotland Yard, but "experts believe those letters to be fake" and "another genetic analysis of the letters claimed the murderer could have been a woman". [42] The historian H. Montgomery Hyde wrote, "There is no evidence that he was homosexual, or even bisexual. This sketch depicts Victoria, Princess Royal and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales as young children playing together. Aronson, p. 197 and Cook, pp. [184], Some Ripper authors, such as Patricia Cornwell, believe the killer sent letters to the police and press. However, Sickert is not considered a serious suspect by most who study the case, and strong evidence shows he was in France at the time of most of the Ripper murders. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. In 1871, the Queen appointed John Neale Dalton as their tutor. [104] Variations of the theory involve the physician William Gull, the artist Walter Sickert, and the poet James Kenneth Stephen to greater or lesser degrees, and have been fictionalised in novels and films, such as Murder by Decree and From Hell. Meikle, p. 177; Rumbelow, p. 244 and Trow, p. 153, Letter from the New York Academy of Medicine, 13January 1986, quoted in Rumbelow, p. 244, Quoted in Whitehead and Rivett, pp. In 1881 he was found guilty of the fatal poisoning of his mistress's husband. Queen Victoria's grandson and heir to the British throne, the handsome Prince Albert Victor - or 'Eddy' - had an illustrious future ahead of him. Subsequently, conspiracy theorists, such as Stephen Knight in Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution, have elaborated on the supposed involvement of Clarence in the murders. [120], George Hutchinson was an unemployed labourer. [101], Albert Victor's mother, Alexandra, never fully recovered from her son's death and kept the room in which he died as a shrine. Cook, pp. They acquired tattoos in Japan. [32] The prostitutes had not named Albert Victor, and it is suggested that Somerset's solicitor, Arthur Newton, fabricated and spread the rumours to take the heat off his client. [95] In his books on the case, author and historian Melvin Harris argued that Stephenson was a leading suspect,[95] but the police do not appear to have treated either him or Dr Davies as serious suspects. She explains, "Being taller in that scenario, where there are even rumours of rifts can give some advantage. [2] As a grandchild of the reigning British monarch in the male line and a son of the Prince of Wales, he was formally styled His Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor of Wales from birth. 122123, Greenwall, Harry The Strange Life of Willy Clarkson, (John Long, Limited 1937). Discover why he wasn't popular with the Victorian public, and how he died in 1861. [146], Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 1860 22 January 1942) was a German-born artist of British and Danish ancestry, who was first mentioned as a possible Ripper suspect in Donald McCormick's book The Identity of Jack the Ripper (1959). [92] Stephenson's strange manner and interest in the crimes resulted in an amateur detective reporting him to Scotland Yard on Christmas Eve, 1888. The diary was discredited by historians who pointed to factual errors in relation to some of the crimes,[137] and document experts pronounced the diary a fake; the handwriting does not match that of Maybrick's will. [56] It was reported by some of his friends that he showed off a collection of "matrices" (wombs) from "every class of woman" at around this time. [21], Anderson wrote that the only person who had ever had a good view of the murderer unhesitatingly identified the suspect the instant he was confronted with him. [106] The perfectionist Gilbert spent too much on the commission, went bankrupt, and left the country. He was the second child and first son which meant that he would become King after his mother died. He wrote, I can quite understand the Prince of Wales being much annoyed at his son's name being coupled with the thing but that was the case before I left it we were both accused of going to this place but not together they will end by having out in open court exactly what they are all trying to keep quiet. They began their studies there two months behind the other cadets as Albert Victor contracted typhoid fever, for which he was treated by Sir William Gull. Evidence presented to support the theory of Clarkson as a suspect included the revelation that he admitted one of his custom-made wigs was found near the scene of one of the Ripper killings, a fact not previously widely known in the Ripperology community. [97], The nation was shocked. [135] In her book, Jack the Ripper: The American Connection author Shirley Harrison asserted James Maybrick was both Jack the Ripper and the Servant Girl Annihilator of Austin, Texas. Queen Victoria was very supportive, considering Mary idealcharming, sensible and pretty. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle advanced theories involving a female murderer dubbed "Jill the Ripper". However, Macnaghten incorrectly described the 31-year-old barrister as a 41-year-old doctor. After two unsuccessful courtships, he became engaged to be married to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck in late 1891. The swiftness of the attacks, and the manner of the mutilations performed on some of the bodies, which included disembowelment and removal of organs, led to speculation that the murderer had the skills of a physician or butcher. [159] Spiering claimed to have discovered a copy of some private notes written by another suspect, Sir William Gull, in the library of the New York Academy of Medicine and that the notes included a confession by Albert Victor under a state of hypnosis. (2018). [105] A century after the murders, author Bruce Paley proposed him as a suspect as Kelly's scorned or jealous lover, and suggested that he'd committed the other murders to scare Kelly off the streets and out of prostitution. [72][73] Hlne offered to convert to the Church of England,[74] and Albert Victor offered to renounce his succession rights to marry her.[72]. Evans, Stewart P.; Skinner, Keith (2002). Holmes took, but its believed he was responsible for killing as many as 200 people in the late 19th century. The two princes were given a strict programme of study, which included games and military drills as well as academic subjects. [83] Similarly to the Cleveland Street scandal, only overseas newspapers printed Albert Victor's name, but regional British newspapers did quote the radical London newspaper The Star[84] which published: "It is a fact so well known that the blind denials of it given in some quarters are childishly futile. Edward VII (r.1901-1910) Prince Albert Edward was born at Buckingham Palace on 9 November 1841, the eldest son and second child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. When Lechmere called over Robert Paul to look at her, no blood was visible, but by the time a constable found her shortly afterward, a pool had formed around her neck, suggesting the cut to her throat was extremely fresh when Lechmere and Paul were present (although modern forensics have shown that blood can ooze from a wound for up to two hours). Coachman John Netley has been named as his accomplice. While no concrete evidence connects him to the Ripper murders, the fact that the carnage ended right after his death was enough for the London detective Melville Leslie Macnaghten, who listed Druitt as one of the top three suspects in his 1894 report on the case. He was mentioned as a suspect by Macnaghten, who joined the case in 1889, the year after the "canonical five" victims were killed. During his life, the bulk of the British press treated Albert Victor with nothing but respect and the eulogies that immediately followed his death were full of praise. One obituary, written by a journalist who claimed to have attended the majority of Albert Victor's public appearances, stated: He was little known personally to the English public. [93] Two days later Stephenson reported his own suspect, a Dr Morgan Davies of the London Hospital. During the course of their investigations of the murders, police regarded several men as strong suspects, though none were ever formally charged. [4] Five of thesethe murders of Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kellyare generally agreed to be the work of a single killer, known as "Jack the Ripper". [39] Among his many dubious claims was that he had once been a surgeon in the Russian Navy. . [43] Pizer successfully obtained monetary compensation from at least one newspaper that had named him as the murderer. Letter from Dalton in the Royal Archives, 6 April 1879, quoted in Cook, p. 52. [98] Princess Mary wrote to Queen Victoria of the Princess of Wales, "the despairing look on her face was the most heart-rending thing I have ever seen. 193199. [5] Sir Henry Ponsonby thought that Albert Victor might have inherited his mother's deafness. 1821-1898) was a portrait sculptor and medallist. [19] He was introduced to Oscar Browning, a noted don who gave parties and "made pets of those undergraduates who were handsome and attractive",[20] and became friendly with Dalton's godson, Alfred Fripp, who later became his doctor and royal surgeon. Jack the Ripper was released in 1988 with Marc Culwick as Prince Albert Victor. [167], Williams's wife, Lizzie, was named as a possible suspect by author John Morris, who claims that she was unable to have children and, in an unhinged state, took revenge on those who could by killing them. "The King Who Never Was". Major Miles quoted in Aronson, p. 81, Cook, p. 123 and Harrison, p. 92. His crimes went undiscovered and later that year he emigrated to Australia with his second wife, whom he then also murdered. [123] Hutchinson's statement was made on the day that Mary Kelly's inquest was held, and he was not called to testify. [18], Aaron Kosminski (born Aron Mordke Kozminski; 11 September 1865 24 March 1919) was a Polish Jew who was admitted to Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum in 1891. Archival research revealed that Feigenbaum, who went by a string of aliases, had been a merchant seaman for the Norddeutsche Line, which owned ships that had been docked near Whitechapel on every date of the five Ripper murders. There is no evidence that police took the idea seriously, and Melville Macnaghten's memorandum naming the three police suspects Druitt, Kosminski and Ostrog was written to refute the idea that Cutbush was the Ripper. Two DC Comics series published as part of its Elseworlds imprint feature Prince Albert ("Eddy") as a minor character: Gotham by Gaslight and Wonder Woman: Amazonia. "[9] In 1877, the two boys were sent to the Royal Navy's training ship, HMS Britannia. [15] Some biographers have said that Stephen was a misogynist, although this has recently been questioned,[16] and he may have felt emotionally attached to Albert Victor, but whether or not his feelings were overtly homosexual is open to question. [107], Lewis Carroll (pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson; 27 January 1832 14 January 1898) was the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Lechmere did not come forward until Paul mentioned him to the press, and he gave evidence under the name "Charles Cross" at the inquest; Cross was the surname of a stepfather. Born in Germany in 1860 and raised in England, Sickert became a highly regarded Impressionist painter who helped transform the British art scene. All Rights Reserved. One of the most intriguingand sensationalcontenders for Jack the Rippers grim legacy is Prince Albert Victor, the son of King Edward VII and grandson of Queen Victoria. [37] A BBC documentary Jack the Ripper: The Case Reopened, broadcast the same year and presented by Emilia Fox, concluded that Kosminski was the most likely suspect. She was still alive but died before medical help could arrive. [3] Dalton complained that Albert Victor's mind was "abnormally dormant". [88], Carl Ferdinand Feigenbaum (alias Anton Zahn; 1840 27 April 1896) was a German merchant seaman arrested in 1894 in New York City for cutting the throat of Mrs Juliana Hoffmann. 181182. The story, based largely on the same sources as Murder by Decree, is also the basis for the play Force and Hypocrisy by Doug Lucie.[121]. [79] In a series of articles in 1894, The Sun newspaper suggested that Cutbush was the Ripper. Isenschmid's wife told police that he was violent and erratic, that he always carried large knives even when they were not required for his trade, that he had threatened to kill her on at least one occasion, and that he had left home for no reason two months ago and only returned sporadically. Albert Victor writing to Lady Sybil Erskine 28 June 1891, quoted in Pope-Hennessy, p. 200. Haddon was found guilty and the judge, believing Haddon to be suffering from delusions, did not imprison him but bound him over for three years on the condition that he made no claim that he was Albert Victor's son. Prince Albert Victor One of the most intriguingand sensationalcontenders for Jack the Ripper's grim legacy is Prince Albert Victor, the son of King Edward VII and grandson of Queen. [63], In the 1920s, however, the son, Clarence, repeated the story and published a book in the United States, My Uncle George V, in which he claimed he was born in London in September 1890, about nine months after Albert Victor's meeting with Mrs. Haddon. [1] Some authors have argued that he was the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper, or that he was otherwise involved in the murders, but contemporaneous documents show that Albert Victor could not have been in London at the time of the murders, and the claim is widely dismissed. [174] The theories continue, such as the 2009 addition of morgue assistant Robert Mann to the long list of suspects. Lawton's accusations were disputed by a partner in his legal firm, Hugh O. Pentecost, and there is no proof that Feigenbaum was in Whitechapel at the time of the murders. [90] Xanth Mallett, a Scottish forensic anthropologist and criminologist who investigated the case in 2011, wrote there is considerable doubt that all of the Jack the Ripper murders were committed by the same person. Le Queux claimed to have seen a manuscript in French written by Rasputin stating that Jack the Ripper was an insane Russian doctor named Alexander Pedachenko, an agent of the Okhrana (the Secret Police of Imperial Russia), whose aim in committing the murders was to discredit Scotland Yard. Kosminski lived in Whitechapel;[26] however, he was largely harmless in the asylum. [76] Hlne later became Duchess of Aosta. Biography Early Life. [154] However, Harrison's analysis was rebutted by professional document examiners. [80] Cutbush was the suspect advanced in the 1993 book Jack the Myth by A. P. Wolf, who suggested that Macnaghten wrote his memo to protect Cutbush's uncle, a fellow police officer. Hair-cutting shears and barber-surgeon tools (his father or grandfather allegedly being a barber-surgeon) of the kind used by a wig-maker at the time closely match the shape and style of the weapons suspected to have been used in the murders. [127][128][129][130], Jacob Levy (1856 29 July 1891) was born in Aldgate in 1856. Nevertheless, the executioner, James Berry, promoted the idea that Bury was the Ripper. The prince showed little interest in the intellectual atmosphere, and he was excused from examinations, though he did become involved in undergraduate life. [15] According to H. L. Adam, who wrote a book on the poisonings in 1930, Chapman was Inspector Frederick Abberline's favoured suspect,[16] and the Pall Mall Gazette reported that Abberline suspected Chapman after his conviction. 2023, A&E Television Networks, LLC. Greenwall. [45] According to one American press report, when departing the Gare du Nord in Paris in May 1890, Albert Victor was cheered by a waiting crowd of English, but hissed and catcalled by some of the French; one journalist present asked him if he would comment "as to the cause of his sudden departure from England". [13], The brothers were parted in 1883; George continued in the navy and Albert Victor attended Trinity College, Cambridge. [a], When Albert Victor was just short of seventeen months old, his brother, Prince George of Wales, was born on 3 June 1865. On 10 February, Bury went to the local police and told them his wife had committed suicide. 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