Elizabeth Fenning

(1793-1815)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fenning, Elizabeth, 1793-1815 DNB: Fenning, Elizabeth (1793–1815), convicted poisoner LBT ID: ElFenni1815 VIAF ID: 4346481 LOC ID: n2005083465	B/BAP: 1793-06-10 DIED: 1815-06-26
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A London cook hung for murdering the family for whom she worked with arsenic-laced dumplings; many believed her innocent.
REFERENCES TO Elizabeth Fenning: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XXV. 1794-1800 Found 1: ¶ n1