Template:Did you know nominations/Lord Edward Thynne

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:20, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Lord Edward Thynne

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... that in 1881, Lord Edward Thynne was horse-whipped by the 5th Marquess Townshend in revenge for having eloped with the Marquess's wife?

ALT1:... that in 1837, Lord Edward Thynne fought a duel in Battersea Fields over "a young lady"?
ALT2:... that in 1837, Lord Edward Thynne was jailed in the Queen's Bench Prison for debts equivalent to £18 million in 2014 money?
ALT3:... that in 1851, Lord Edward Thynne shot a golden eagle with a rifle at a hundred yards range?

Created by BrownHairedGirl (talk). Self nominated at 00:10, 18 May 2014 (UTC).

Reviewed: Bhan Singh Bhaura

Good to go, though could be tidied. But he only used the handle, dammit - that's not a proper horsewhipping, as this bounder obviously deserved! And I don't think you can "elope" with a married woman, just run off. Johnbod (talk) 00:36, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, Johnbod. I think that's ALT4, but the rewritten hook is fine by me. The term "eloped" was used in the referenced court report by The Times.
  He was quite the archetypal rake. I had intended to write a stub, but the sources kept on throwing up more frolics. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:51, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

They don't make MP's like that any more, quite. Either eloped or ran off then. Johnbod (talk) 00:59, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

ALT4: ... that in 1881, 9 years after Lord Edward Thynne ran off with Marquess Townshend's wife, the Marquess attacked him with a horsewhip? Johnbod (talk) 00:49, 18 May 2014 (UTC)