Thompson, Alexander
From AngloScottish
| Dates | 1756 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Embroiderer | ||
| Place of Birth | Peterhead | ||
| Marriage | 2 unnamed wives | ||
| Issue | |||
| Place of birth | Source | Old Bailey Online, OA17560223 |
Executed at Tyburn for fleeing in the face of bankruptcy. Left Scotland at 10 or 11; trained as an embroiderer in Paris for five years, lived in Rotterdam for two or three, and then moved to London where he established a embroidery business and lived as a gentleman. Suspected of burning down his lodgings and shop to collect insurance. Eventually declared bankrupt, but tried to escape his creditors by fleeing to Berwick and then to Edinburgh, where he bigamously took a second wife.
