Shrigley abduction
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title:
Shrigley abduction
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The Shrigley abduction was an 1826 British case of a forced marriage by Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the 15-year-old heiress Ellen Turner of Pott Shrigley. The couple were married in Gretna Green, Scotland, and travelled to Calais, France, before Turner's father was able to notify the authorities and intervene. The marriage was annulled by Parliament, and Turner was legally married two years later, at the age of 17, to a wealthy neighbour of her class. Both Edward Gibbon Wakefield and his brother
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1826 abduction of Ellen Turner by Edward Gibbon Wakefield
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrigley_abduction
date created:
2004-01-20T19:06:36Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T06:42:13Z
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