Druitt and Monro

[rjpalmer]

I'm guessing that "Isabel Majendie Hill" (referred to above) is the same lady who married Charles Druitt, (son of Robert Druitt) on September 15th 1888 in Wiltshire? I pulled the certificate in March 1984 as part of my quest to trace down all branches of the Druitt family. I think what caught my eye here is the date of the marriage but I don't have a note of whether I did a search to see if the wedding was covered in the local newspapers. Sometimes the guests are listed and it would have been interesting to see if MJD's name was listed.

KS

It's not absolutely proven that M.J. Druitt was present that day, September 15th, but a list of wedding presents shows that the Druitt brothers--William, Montague, Edward, and Arthur--presented the bride and groom with a set of dessert knives and forks.



Meanwhile, I can't think of any reason why Isabel Majendie Hill would have taken any notice of Henry Gyllis Majendie if she had visited Winchester College.

It's a real stumper.

RP

[Fiver]

Meanwhile, I can't think of any reason why Isabel Majendie Hill would have taken any notice of Henry Gyllis Majendie if she had visited Winchester College.

It's a real stumper.

RP

If Isabel Majendie Hill visited Winchester College during the time Henry Gyllis Majendie was a student and his surname was mentioned, she probably would have met the boy. But the two were step third cousins. How many of your third cousins have you met? If your family was facing scandal, would seek out your step third cousin for help?

Or in the case of Montague Druitt's siblings, would you seek out your cousin's wife's step third cousin for help?

[Herlock Sholmes]

If Isabel Majendie Hill visited Winchester College during the time Henry Gyllis Majendie was a student and his surname was mentioned, she probably would have met the boy. But the two were step third cousins. How many of your third cousins have you met? If your family was facing scandal, would seek out your step third cousin for help?

Or in the case of Montague Druitt's siblings, would you seek out your cousin's wife's step third cousin for help?

But surely that’s something that we can’t quantify by likelihoods Fiver or by “what are the chances of.” We can’t prove that Majendie was Macnaghten source of private info but he might have been. If someone in the family was concerned about approaching the police and they wanted to be assured of discretion who better than someone like Majendie? If we are talking “what are the chances of” then “what are the chances of” a senior police officer naming a rather unlikely sounding suspect using information that he’d received via the family (whether directly or indirectly) and it turns out that one of that Officer’s best friends is related by marriage to the killers family?