Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters
Overview
Edith Jessie Thompson and Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters (27 June 1902 – 9 January 1923) were a British
couple who were executed for the murder
of Thompson’s husband Percy. Their case became a cause célèbre
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Edith Thompson was born Edith Graydon on Christmas Day 1893, at 97 Norfolk Road in Dalston
, London, the first of the five children of William Eustace Graydon (1867–1941), a clerk with the Imperial Tobacco Company, and his wife, Ethel Jessie Liles (1872–1938), the daughter of a police constable.
United Kingdom
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couple who were executed for the murder
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
of Thompson’s husband Percy. Their case became a cause célèbre
Cause célèbre
A is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning and heated public debate. The term is particularly used in connection with celebrated legal cases. It is a French phrase in common English use...
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Edith Thompson was born Edith Graydon on Christmas Day 1893, at 97 Norfolk Road in Dalston
Dalston
Dalston is a district of north-east London, England, located in the London Borough of Hackney. It is situated northeast of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London...
, London, the first of the five children of William Eustace Graydon (1867–1941), a clerk with the Imperial Tobacco Company, and his wife, Ethel Jessie Liles (1872–1938), the daughter of a police constable.
