Category:James Aitken (arsonist)
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English: James Aitken (1752–1777), known as John Aitken and John the Painter, Scottish radical and arsonist who planned to incinerate six royal dockyards in 1776–1777 to support the American revolutionary war.
British criminal: hanged for arson in dockyards | |||||
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Date of birth | 1752 Edinburgh | ||||
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Date of death | 1777 Portsmouth | ||||
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Media in category "James Aitken (arsonist)"
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James Aitken, alias John the Painter.jpeg 732 × 863; 128 KB
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John Aitken commonly called John the Painter (cropped).jpeg 590 × 1,030; 148 KB
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