#156, Charles SHORTING
| Born | 27 Nov 1810 in Brome, Suffolk |
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| Died | 26 Apr 1864 in Paris, France |
| Occupation | Clerk in Holy Orders | Education | 8th Wrangler and Fellow of Peterhouse College, Cambridge |
| Father | Henry SHORTING (1751 - 1825) |
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| Parent | Unknown (? - ?) |
Bured at St. Mary and St. Lambert's Church, Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, with his wife and son Ernest Walter Shorting
8th Wrangler and Fellow of St Peter's College (now Peterhouse), Cambridge; Hon Canon of Norwich; Rural Dean and Rector of Stonham Aspal, Suffolk.
Son of Dr Henry Shorting born 1751 Thornage, Norfolk and died 1825 Eye, Suffolk and Sarah Hill born 1772 and died 1836. They married 7.2. 1803 Semor, Suffolk.
In March 1851 he came to public attention through his intervention in a case of murder. When Mary Emily Cage, 40, poisoned her 55-year-old husband with arsenic, the funeral was about to begin when Shorting requested that it be stopped, evidently suspecting foul play. An inquest was held the next day and, in consequence, Cage was tried and executed in August. Doubtless Shorting impressed upon his family the obvious lesson to be learned from this episode.
Timeline
Born
Death of Parent, Unknown
Death of Father, Henry SHORTING
Married Elizabeth Harriet (Harriot) COBBOLD in Eye, Suffolk
Birth of Daughter, Emily Mary SHORTING
Death of Daughter, Emily Mary SHORTING
Birth of Son, Charles George Horatio SHORTING
Death of Daughter, Mary Elizabeth SHORTING
Birth of Daughter, Mary Elizabeth SHORTING
Birth of Son, Henry Francis SHORTING
Birth of Son, Ernest Walter SHORTING
Birth of Son, Herbert Stewart SHORTING
Death of Son, Herbert Stewart SHORTING
Birth of Daughter, Alice Frances SHORTING
Died 1864