Edward William Pritchard

Edward William Pritchard (6 December 1825 – 28 July 1865) was an English doctor who was convicted of murdering his wife and mother-in-law by poisoning them.[15] She had gone to her family home at 1 Lauder Road[16] in Edinburgh to recuperate, and this worked, but she became ill again on return to Glasgow.Both his wife and mother-in-law are buried in the grave purchased by his father-in-law, Michael Taylor, in Grange Cemetery in south Edinburgh.Sir Cedric Hardwicke played Pritchard in the 6 October 1952 episode of the radio series Suspense.In the audio drama Tales from the Aletheian Society Pritchard appears as the (deceased) former Chaptermaster of a shadowy occult organisation, driven to murder by dark supernatural forces.At his trial Pritchard was represented (unsuccessfully) by Scottish law firm Maclay Murray and Spens.
A contemporary photograph of the convict.
The Taylor grave, Grange Cemetery
The court during the examination of Mary McLeod, Harper's Weekly
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