Piece of History

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Re: Piece of History

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George Hamilton of Scotland, Captain of Hussars, Protestant
Date: 1 Nov 1746
Crime:
High treason - Jacobite rising.
Hung; heart cut out; limbs scored; beheaded; head sent to Carlisle for display.
London Evening Post, 4 Nov 1746. Morning Advertiser, 7 Nov 1746. Criminal Chronology, p 60.
“He that has no fools, knaves, nor beggars in his family, was begot by a flash of lightning.” Thomas Fuller
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