Henry Fauntleroy

(1784-1824)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fauntleroy, Henry, 1785-1824 NRA: Fauntleroy Henry (1785-1824) Banker and Forger DNB: Fauntleroy, Henry (1784-1824), banker and forger LBT ID: HeFaunt1824 VIAF ID: 45757557 LOC ID: n85312262	B/BAP: 1784-10-12 DIED: 1824-11-30
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English banker who embezzled spectacular sums and after a very public trial was hung at Newgate Prison before a crowd estimated at 100,000.
REFERENCES TO Henry Fauntleroy: Charles Lamb to Jane Payne Collier, 2 November 1824 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 4 Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton, [1 December 1824] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 3 “The Last Days of Lord Byron” in The Gentleman’s Magazine 95 (June 1825) 517-21 Found 1: ¶ 6 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1824 Found 3: ¶ 1 ¶ 3 ¶ 4