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Ellen Turner of Helmshore (d.1831)

Image credit: Lancashire County Museum Service

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In spring 1827, British society was all aflutter at the excitement and intrigue surrounding the trial of British diplomat Edward Gibbon Wakefield and his brother William at Lancaster Castle. Driven by financial gain, in 1826 they hatched a daring plan to abduct fifteen-year-old Ellen Turner. Ellen was the sole heir of William Turner, the wealthy owner of a calico printing business in Blackburn. Ellen was taken from her school near Liverpool under the false pretence that she had been summoned home to attend to her ill mother. She was met by Edward Gibbon Wakefield at Manchester who claimed he was a friend of her father come to escort her. During a 600 mile journey Edward used all of his skills to weave a convincing web of lies: that her father had lost his fortune due to the collapse of his bank and the security of her family was dependent on her marrying him.

Museum of Lancashire

Preston

Title

Ellen Turner of Helmshore (d.1831)

Date

1837

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 67.7 x W 59 cm (E)

Accession number

LANMS.1977.83.6

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Irene Ackroyd Hardman, 1977

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

H Wyatt Pinxt

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