London hated the French long before Brexit
Being French in London could make you unpopular long before Brexit when in the 18th century there was widespread xenophobia and abuse
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Elizabeth Brownrigg – a brutal murderer
Elizabeth Brownrigg was a brutal eighteenth century murderer with a violent streak who tortured her female charges, eventually killing one of them. But she came to grisly end herself. Elizabeth was married to James Brownrigg, a plumber who moved with his wife in to Flower-de-Luce Court off Fleet Street. It was the year 1765 and…