Bethlem Royal Hospital - Notable Patients

Notable Patients

  • Dadd, Richard, artist.
  • Frith, John, would-be assailant of King George III.
  • Frith, Mary (Moll Cutpurse), also known as Mary Frith or "The Roaring Girl", released from Bedlam in 1644 according to Bridewell records.
  • Hadfield, James, would-be assassin of King George III.
  • M'Naghten, Daniel, catalyst for the creation of the M'Naghten Rules (criteria for the defence of insanity in the British legal system) after the shooting of Edward Drummond.
  • Martin, Jonathan, the man who set fire to York Minster
  • Matthews, James Tilly, one time tea merchant and subject of the first book-length psychiatric case study.
  • Nicholson, Margaret, would-be assassin of King George III.
  • Oxford, Edward, tried for high treason after the attempted assassination of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
  • Snell, Hannah (1723-1792), sexual impostor and soldier. She spent the last six months of her life in Bethlem.
  • Wain, Louis, artist.

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