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Mary Ann Cotton
(1832-1873)
British murderer
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Mary Ann Cotton (née Robson; 31 October 1832 – 24 March 1873) was an English serial killer, convicted of, and hanged for, the murder by poisoning of her stepson Charles Edward Cotton. It is likely that she murdered three of her four husbands, apparently in order to collect on their insurance policies, and many others. She may have murdered as many as 21 people, including 11 of her 13 children. She chiefly used arsenic poisoning, causing gastric pain and rapid decline of health.

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Born Mary Ann Robson
31 October 1832
Low Moorsley, County Durham, England
Died
24 March 1873 (aged 40)
West Auckland is a village in County Durham, in North East England
Zodiac Scorpio
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  • Margaret Jane Mowbray
    Margaret Jane Mowbray info 1st child with William Mowbray Female b. 1856 Age: 169 1856- Celebrity Baby
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  • Isabella Mowbray
    Isabella Mowbray info 2nd child with William Mowbray Female b. 1858 Age: 167 1858- Celebrity Baby
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  • Margaret Jane Mowbray II
    Margaret Jane Mowbray II info 3rd child with William Mowbray Female b. 1861 Age: 164 1861- Celebrity Baby
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  • John Robert William Mowbray
    John Robert William Mowbray info 4th child with William Mowbray Male b. 1863 Age: 162 1863- Celebrity Baby
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  • Margaret (Mary) Isabella
    Margaret (Mary) Isabella info 5th child with James Robinson (Shipwright) Female b. Nov 1867 Age: 157 1867- Celebrity Baby
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  • George
    George info 6th child with James Robinson (Shipwright) b. 18 Jun 1869 Age: 156 1869- Celebrity Baby
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  • Robert
    Robert info 7th child with Frederick Cotton Male b. Feb 1871 Age: 154 1871- Celebrity Baby
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