The Maturin and Johnston Families
Huguenot minister Gabriel Maturin was imprisoned, in solitary confinement for 25 years on the île Sainte-Marguerite, by Louis XIV for daring to go back to preach to his flock in France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
The Maturin and Johnston Families
Basil Maturin threw a small child into a lifeboat saying "Catch it - find its mother" and calmly awaited his end as the Lusitania sank
Benjamin Johnston lost his estate in the Vale of Avoca - on the turn of a card
The IRA stole Dr Henry Johnston's Motor Car - and then sang about it! He was really cross that they said it made a din, when it was the best kept car in Donegal
Adelaide Maturin was the power behind the throne in one of the biggest propaganda operations in WW2 - which then continued through to the Cold War
The Maturin Story starts HERE
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Captain Gabriel Maturin gained enormous respect from Sir Thomas Gage after the Fall of Quebec, being his secretary from then until an early death just before the outbreak of revolution
Charles Robert Maturin loved preaching, dancing and writing - but could make a living from none of them, despite flashes of success with "Melmoth the Wanderer", "Bertram" etc
Frank Holl painted his "Newgate: Committed for Trial" in 1878 in his quest for art with social realism. It is likely to have been based on the the case of William Frederick Maturin.
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