The Damnation of John Donellan (39 page)

and TB's mistress
43

widow of the sixth Baronet
ix
,
2
,
44
,
86
,
125

role of
ix

her suite of bedrooms
5

careful with money
44
,
46

and TB's venereal disease
6
,
22
,
48
,
123
,
148
,
149
,
206

employs a tutor for TB
48

care of her daughter
50
,
53
,
77

opposes Theodosia's wedding
79
–80

reconciled to Theodosia's marriage
82

defers to Donellan in household matters
84

will
84
–5,
108
–9

Newnham Wells
13
,
92
,
137
,
138
,
181

administers medicine smelling of bitter almonds to TB
ix
,
6
–7,
92
,
119
,
135
–36,
139
,
140
,
157
,
170
,
172
,
173
,
204
,
231
–2,
233
,
238
,
239

calls for apothecary as TB froths at the mouth
7
–8,
136
–7

and Donellan's cleaning and removal of medicine bottles
8
,
12
–13,
24
,
89
,
93
,
94
,
95
,
97
–8,
104
–5,
120
,
139
–45,
152
,
153
,
154
,
186
,
187
,
203
,
232
,
238
,
240

calm response to TB's death
152
–4

refuses to pay Rattray's and Wilmer's fees
22
,
24
,
214

apparently not suspicious of Donellan
18
,
154
,
240

attends the autopsy on TB
ix
,
239

testifies at inquest
89
–90,
94
–5,
97
–8,
120
,
141
–2,
187

files charges against Donellan
98

tension between her and Anna Maria
104

alleged poisoning of pack of hounds
105
,
106
,
107
,
239

illness
106
–8

a religious woman
107

TB's case rests on her account
112

testimony at the trial
130
–55,
204
,
221
–2

treatment of Sarah Blundell
146

alleged attempt at blackmailing Donellan
154
–5

given laurel water by Donellan
217

lives in Bath
225
,
226

death
225
,
226

preservation of her line
229

motive issue
238
–42

Boughton, Anne (daughter of Mary Ramsey)
32
,
33

Boughton, Anne (Edward Boughton, 8th Baronet's sister)
222
–3,
260
n
3

Boughton, Anne (née Brydges, then Arthur)
34
–7,
38
–9

Boughton, Caroline
260
–1
n
6

Boughton, Catherine (née Shukburgh d. c1725) (TB's step-great-grandmother)
ix
,
29
–37,
44
,
87
,
223

Boughton, Charles
32

Boughton, Sir Edward, 5th Baronet (1689–1722)
30
,
33
–6,
43
,
49
,
85
–6,
177
,
253

Boughton, Sir Edward, 6th Baronet (1719–2) (TB's father) and One-Handed Boughton
28
,
29

first wife (Anne Brydges)
34
–7,
38
–9

legal battle
34
–5,
36

looks for a second bride
37

interests
38

household expenses
38
–41

marries Anna Maria
39

‘My Estate'
39
–40

will
41
–2

his mistress, and Anna Maria's misery
42
,
43
,
49

and Grace Shukburgh's land rights
85
–6

death
2
,
3
,
43
,
105
,
177
,
189
,
219

and Theodosia's marriage
80

Boughton, Sir Edward, 6th Baronet (1719–72) (TB's father)
ix

Boughton, Sir Edward, 8th Baronet (1742–94)

lives at Poston Hall
87

the family black sheep
87

lives with his serving maid
87
,
223

appearance
87

in debt to his brother
87
–8

delighted at TB's death
88
,
223
,
236

and Donellan's trial
111
,
208
,
223

Anna Maria asks if his sister will be her companion
222
–3

financial incentive for killing TB
236

death
223

Boughton, Edward (sixteenth century)
1

Boughton, Eliza
260
–1
n
6

Boughton, Elizabeth (née de Allesley)
32

Boughton, Elizabeth (née Willington)
1

Boughton, Francis
34

Boughton, Humphrey
30

Boughton, Jane (née Coningsby)
30
–1

Boughton, Katherine
32
–3

Boughton, Lucy
260
–1
n
6

Boughton, Mary (née Greville)
37
,
42
,
88
,
99
,
224

Boughton, Mary (née Ramsey)
29
,
32
,
33
,
223

Boughton, Mary (wife of Rt. Rev. John Egerton, Bishop of Durham)
260
n
3

Boughton, one-Handed
28
–9,
31
,
43

Boughton, Richard
32
,
33

Boughton, Shukburgh
32
,
33
,
34
,
37
,
42
,
87
,
223

Boughton, Theodosia Anna Maria Ramsay (d. 1758)
41

Boughton, Sir Theodosius Edward Allesley, 7th Baronet (1760–80) birth
41

at Rugby and Eton
45
–8,
83

venereal disease
6
,
10
,
12
,
46
,
49
,
123
,
128
,
158
,
159
,
176
–7,
239

Donellan rescues him from harm
10
,
150
–1,
190
,
191

personality
viii
,
10
,
22
,
48
,
49
,
234
,
243
,
253

and his mother's will
84
–5

suite of bedrooms
5

surviving documents by
85
–6

his intended inheritance
86
,
238
–9

Occuli indicus
berries
88
–9

fishing trip the night before his death
viii
,
3
,
4
,
9
,
119
,
121
,
132
–3,
134
,
185
,
203
,
230

arsenic for killing rats
4
,
89
,
95
–6,
149
–50,
178

not well before taking the medicine
5
–6,
48
,
128
–9,
206
–7,
215

Anna Maria administers medicine smelling of bitter almonds
ix
,
6
–7,
92
,
119
,
135
,
139
,
140
,
170
,
172
,
173
,
233
,
238
,
239

visible effects of the medicine
7
,
8
,
119
–20,
128
,
136
–7,
143
,
144
,
195
–6,
253

death (30 August 1780)
vii
,
ix
,
10
,
11
,
184
,
185

rumours that he was poisoned
vii
,
15
–8,
21
,
164
,
244

Rattray and Wilmer examine his body
21
–3,
90

funeral
20
,
23
,
27
,
88
,
97
,
152
–3,
165
,
174
,
219
,
235

belated autopsy on
vii
–ix,
88
,
90
,
160
–3,
202
–3,
253

coroner's inquest
88
–98

his fortune
130

appearance
177

possible suicide or accidental dose
243
–4

modern methods of investigation
246
–9

Boughton, Theodosius Willington (d. 1761)
41

Boughton, Thomas
32

Boughton, Sir William, 1st Baronet
43

Boughton, Sir William, 4th Baronet (c1663–1716) (TB's great-grandfather)
ix
,
29
,
30
,
32
,
33
,
43
,
44
,
253

Boughton, William (grandfather of the first baronet)
30
,
31

Boughton, William (son of Catherine)
32

Boughton, William (son of Grace)
34

Boughton family
114
,
245

creation of the Boughton baronetcy (1641)
29

tombs at Newbold-on-Avon church
vii
,
ix

enviable position in Warwickshire society
1

and the Denbighs
16

high-profile figures at Court
30

loyalty to the Crown
31

coat of arms
32

a family of dramatic opposites
49

sudden deaths in
105
,
106

Donellan's
Defence
110

Boughton-Leigh, sir Charles
131

Boultby, Joseph
259
n
2

Bowes, Mary
68

Boyne, John
64

Bree, Robert
225
–6

Bretford, Warwickshire
34

Brighton
81
–2

Brookswell
21

Brownsover Hall
40
,
42
,
45
,
50
,
227
,
229
,
261
n
7,
261
n
8

Brudenall, Eliza (née Boughton)
32
–3,
256
n
10

Brydges, James
53

Bucknill, Samuel
165
,
221
,
235

sells Hewitt
Occuli indicus
berries
88
,
91
,
178

failed attempts to do an autopsy on TB
22
–7,
124
,
174
–5,
191
–2,
207

tells Wheler of his offer
23
,
24

belated autopsy on TB
vii
–viii,
91
,
195
,
202
–3

testimony at the trial
174
–6,
219

Buller, Sir Justice Francis
136
,
151
–2,
221
,
233

convinced of Donellan's guilt before the trial
116

aggressively punitive reputation
116

illustrious career
116

nickname (Justice Thumb)
116

appearance
116

background
116
–7

personality
117

meeting with Cradock
117
–8

and types of poison
167
–8

and Hunter's testimony
197
–8,
199
–200,
202
,
222
,
249

summing up
176
,
201
–8

sentencing
209
–10

criticism of
244
–5

death
117

Buller, Susanna (née yarde)
116

Bunbury, Lady Sarah
77

Burke, Edmund
244

Burke, Peter:
Celebrated Trials Connected with the Aristocracy
118

Burton (a carpenter)
235

Burwell, Lincolnshire
36

C

Cadogan, Earl
53

Caldecott, James
35
,
88
,
100
,
108
,
145
,
146
,
170
,
188
,
213
,
224
–5,
262
n
25

Carlisle House, Soho Square, London
61
,
63
,
66
,
72

Carr, Mr
123

Carrickfergus garrison
226

Cave, William
104

Cavendish Place, London
227

celery
184

Chaplin, Arnold
174