Talk:Frederick Seddon

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Did you know... that British poisoner Frederick Seddon made a secret Masonic signal to his trial judge, prominent Freemason Thomas Townsend Bucknill, in an attempt to overturn the jury's guilty verdict?

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Contradiction as freemason[edit]

At one time Seddon had been a Freemason, being initiated into Liverpool's Stanley Lodge No. 1325 in 1901. He resigned a year later to move south. In 1905 he is named as a founding petitioner of Stephens Lodge No. 3089 at Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. He resigned from both Lodges in 1906.

According to this paragraph, Seddon resigned from Stanley Lodge in 1902 and also in 1906 (after moving south). Unlikely he resigned from the Stanley Lodge twice. Centrepull (talk) 10:54, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Executed?[edit]

The article states that Seddon executed the will. Is this correct? Does it mean that he was named as executor or signed it in her stead? DavidFarmbrough (talk) 14:24, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Beginning on 14 Oct. 1910 and continuing until 9 June 2011, she signed agreements to transfer control to Seddon of her leasehold interest in properties in Camden Town and deposits at the Finsbury and City of London Bank. She possessed gold coins, jewellery, cash in her presence etc. The fixed annual terms were greater than those she had initially received. On 19 June, she withdrew further savings of £216 and brought the withdrawal sum to the Seddon home. The terms were dictated/orchestrated by Seddon in his obvious ultimate intentions.--Kieronoldham (talk) 03:03, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

On 13 September, Seddon's wife, Margaret, found Barrow on the floor of her bedroom, moaning she was dying. Frederick and his wife kept a vigil at her bedside until her death on 14 September.--Kieronoldham (talk) 03:20, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wife's death?[edit]

Margaret's dates are given as 1878–1946. A YouTube profile gives her date of death as 1964. I know that YouTube is not officially recognised as a source. But someone might check that this is not a misprint. Valetude (talk) 18:38, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]