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Britain Interesting History Loose Ends Strange Occurences - Fun Facts

TRULY Loving & Devoted Husband OR..... Ulterior MOTIVE!!!

January 19th 2009 11:00
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When in 1775 Mrs Martin van Butchell of London died, her husband subsequently chose to have her embalmed, along with glass eyes and dressed in her wedding gown, and put on display in a glass case at his home.

Your first thoughts may be "Ahhh, such a devoted husband, unable to part with his loving wife...", but the behind the truth lies the ulterior motive. Mrs van Butchell was a woman of considerable wealth, and in the event of her being 'dead and buried', it was to have been bequeathed to a distant relative!

Mr van Butchell also put her on public display - at a charge of course!

After his death, the son donated the body to the Royal College of Surgeons, but in 1941 it was eventually destroyed, one of the many victims of a German bombing raid.
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