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John was the father of Robert Shafto, better known as Bobby Shaftoe, who vastly increased the family fortune by his marriage in 1774 to Anne Duncombe of Duncombe Park. Their son Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto , (also Member of Parliament for Durham City and later High Sheriff in 1842), who married Catherine Eden, daughter of Sir John Eden Bt of ...
Robert Shafto (sometimes spelt Shaftoe) (circa 1732 – 24 November 1797) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1760 and 1790. He was the likely subject of a famous North East English folk song and nursery rhyme , " Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea " ( Roud #1359).
Richmond Police Department (Virginia) Johnson and a trainee officer were responding to a backup call for a robbery. Johnson was driving 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) in a 35-mile-per-hour (56 km/h) zone when he drove through a red light and struck a vehicle, killing Jeremiah Ruffin and Tracey Williams. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter ...
In November 2021, Johnson and another man, Bobby Joe Leonard, were arrested and charged in connection with Cincotta’s death, the Arlington County Police Department announced in a news release ...
The Opies (folklorists) have argued for an identification of the original Bobby Shafto with a resident of Hollybrook, County Wicklow, Ireland, who died in 1737. [1] However, the tune derives from the earlier "Brave Willie Forster", found in the Henry Atkinson manuscript from the 1690s, [3] and the William Dixon manuscript, from the 1730s, both from north-east England; besides these early ...
The Augusta County Sheriff's Office arrested Lantz on March 27 after he was indicted by the Augusta County grand jury. He has been held without bond at Middle River Regional Jail in Verona since ...
Two female suspects aged 15 and 16 have been arrested in connection with Baker’s death, per police. The 16-year-old suspect was reported missing by her mother on Jan. 12. She is wanted by the ...
The Megan Williams case involves a 20-year-old African American woman from West Virginia, who was kidnapped, raped and tortured by six people, including several members of one family [1] in a racist attack. Among other things, the suspects were charged with stabbing Williams, dousing her with hot water, and forcing her to eat rat, dog, and ...