The execution of Miss Mary Blandy, for the murder of her father, with the Rev. Swinton in attendance. Mary Blandy (1720 - April 6, 1752) was an English murderer. In 1751, she poisoned her father, Francis Blandy. She claimed that she thought the arsenic was a love potion that would make her father approve of her relationship with William Henry Cranstoun, an army officer and son of a Scottish nobleman.

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Mary Blandy, English Murderer

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