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Robert James Lees unveiledh |
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Robert
James Lees was born in Hinckley in Leicestershire in 1849. His
uncle owned two public houses on Bond Street. At that time his father
was landlord of the Queen's Head Lees became a journalist and author, but is most noted as a medium. It is claimed that he worked as a medium for Queen Victoria and assisted the police in the apprehension of Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer of 1888 A blue commemorative plaque was commissioned by the Hinckley Civic Society and unveiled by a descendant of Lees on Saturday 2 May 2009 |
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The Treasurer of the Hinckley Civic Society is Greg Drozdz, who was instrumental in organising the unveiling ceremony and in contacting members of the Lees family worldwide
The plaque was unveiled by Jane Moon, a great grand-daughter of Lees. Also present was the Mayor of Hinckley, Councillor Jeffrey Bannister
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| The plaque, which has been placed on the former bakery between the Queen's Head and the Black Horse public houses | Lees' birthplace is the small building between the two public houses, now a flower shop | |
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| On the left,
Mike Hutchinson, a descendant of Robert James Lees' sister with Christine van Geersdaele, a great-grand daughter and her daughter, and Jane Moon, another great-grand daughter of Robert James Lees |
Jane Moon | ||
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| Christine van Geersdaele | Mike, Jane and Christine after the unveiling | ||
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