Anthony Addington
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Anthony Addington was an English physician.
Dr Anthony Addington by Thomas Banks, 1790, Victoria and Albert Museum
Mary Blandy
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Mary Blandy was an eighteenth century British murderer. In 1751, she poisoned her father, Francis Blandy, with arsenic. She claimed that she thought the arsenic was a love potion that would make her f
Anthony Addington
…compelled by bad health to move to the country. His career gained considerable public attention when he appeared as an expert for the prosecution of Mary Blandy for the poisoning of her father Francis Blandy in 1752. He then retired to Reading in Berkshire, where he derived a large income from his profession…
Blandy in 1751/52