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[Roy Corduroy]

From the McNaghten Memoranda: Cutbush was the nephew of the late Supt. Executive.

This is incorrect according to modern research shared here on Casebook. Tom's father, Thomas Taylor Cutbush was not the brother of Police Supt Executive Charles Henry Cutbush. So no, Tom was not his nephew. That doesn't mean, however, that he didn't call him "Uncle Charles." We don't know.

Roy

[Roy Corduroy]

Tom was raised by his mother Kate, a single mom, at her parent's house on Albert Street, Newington.

Writing in his Memoranda dated Feb 23, 1894, Asst Comm Melville McNaghten said of Tom Cutbush: His father died when he was quite young and he was always a "spoilt" child.

That is incorrect. His father did not die when he was quite young. In the Sun articles just previous to his penning the memo, the newspaper on Feb 17 wrote:

This man was born in 1865 in London. His father separated from his mother, whom he was said to have treated badly. In the case of the father, the morbid element appears in the treatment of his wife, his neglect of his child, and, finally, in his flying from his responsibilities and in his contracting a bigamous marriage abroad.

While there is no corroboration of spousal abuse, modern research confirms that Tom Cutbush's father, Thomas Taylor Cutbush, journeyed to New Zealand and in 1867 married Agnes Stoddart in Wellington. He never returned to England to our knowledge.

Roy

[Roy Corduroy]

Crossroads

A short distance from the residence of Thomas Hayne Cutbush. View looking north from the junction of Kennington Park Road, Lower Kennington Lane and Newington Butts. The church of St. Mary Newington is seen in the background centre. Photo 1870.



MARRIAGE of parents

At the parish church, St Mary Newington, Surrey
On 29th Sept 1864
Thomas Taylor Cutbush bachelor and Kate Hayne spinster
Occupation of groom, mercantile clerk
Residence of groom, Albert St
Rersidence of bride, the same
Father of groom : Thomas Cutbush
Father of bride : John Lewis Hayne
Father of groom occupation, plumber
Father of bride occupation, broker

The road entering from the left is Lower Kennington Lane. Nearby off it runs Hurley Road, Lambeth, place of BIRTH.

1865 Registration district Lambeth
Sub-district of Lambeth
County of Surrey
On 29th of June 1865 at 10 Hurley Rd
Thomas Hayne, a boy
Father, Thomas Taylor Cutbush
Mother, Kate Cutbush formerly Hayne
Father's occupation, mercantile clerk
Informant, Thomas T Cutbush, father, 10 Hurley Rd, Lambeth
Registered 11th July 1865

(info courtesy Robert Linford)

[Roy Corduroy]

In London, south of the Thames residences were -

Albert Street - Thomas Cutbush, with his mother and aunt, at his grandparent's home
St Paul's Rd - Police Superintendent Charles Cutbush, uncle
Fleming Road - Police Inspector William Race, whose suspicions of Thomas Cutbush led to the Sun articles, which led to the McNaghten Memoranda