Arthur Childe
1820 - 1882 (61 years)-
Name Arthur Childe Born 2 Apr 1820 Gender Male Died 15 Feb 1882 St Leonard's-on-Sea 
Person ID I933 The Goswell Family Tree Last Modified 28 Sep 2017
Father William Lacon Childe, b. 3 Jan 1786, Kinlet Hall, Kinlet, Shropshire , d. 12 Dec 1880, Kinlet Hall (Age 94 years) Relationship natural Mother Harriet Cludde, b. 1786, d. 1849 (Age 63 years) Relationship natural Married 13 Aug 1807 Rockwardine Family ID F380 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Arthur Childe, born April 2, 1820, son of William Lacon Childe, Esq., M.P., of Kinlet Hall, was committed to the lunatic asylum in 1838, and again declared insane and recommitted by a Commission of Lunacy in 1854, on the basis of his having written 203 letters in code to the Queen expressing his infatuation for her. In his own defense Captain Childe, in his 43rd year, testified that the letters had been written for amusement and to keep himself occupied during his incarceration. Ref.: "Commission of Lunacy on Capt. Childe. A Lover of the Queen," Shrewsbury Chronicle, July 28, 1854.
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Death notice The Pall Mall Gazette (London): 20th February 1882, "Childe-Freeman, son of the late Mr William L. Childe, of kinlet, Shropshire, Rector of Edwyn Ralph with Collington, at St Leonard's-on-Sea, aged 61, Feb. 15."
- Arthur Childe, born April 2, 1820, son of William Lacon Childe, Esq., M.P., of Kinlet Hall, was committed to the lunatic asylum in 1838, and again declared insane and recommitted by a Commission of Lunacy in 1854, on the basis of his having written 203 letters in code to the Queen expressing his infatuation for her. In his own defense Captain Childe, in his 43rd year, testified that the letters had been written for amusement and to keep himself occupied during his incarceration. Ref.: "Commission of Lunacy on Capt. Childe. A Lover of the Queen," Shrewsbury Chronicle, July 28, 1854.