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3 min read. A greatly respected member of Edinburgh ‘s society, William Brodie (1741-88) was a skilful cabinet-maker and a member of the Town Council as well as deacon (head) of the Incorporation of Wrights and Masons. However, unknown to most gentlefolk, Brodie had a secret night-time occupation as the leader of a gang of burglars.
29 de ene. de 2015 · Towards the end of 1786 Brodie and Smith robbed a goldsmith's and a tobacconist's. On Christmas Eve they made off with a major haul from Bruce Brothers, including watches, rings and lockets ...
Aside from the pubs, in Edinburgh and other places, that capitalize on William Brodie’s history, by far the greatest legacy the Deacon left behind was his influence on Robert Louis Stevenson.Brodie’s story hit a resonate pitch with the author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the literary/popular culture convention of main characters exhibiting dualistic elements have ...
Respected tradesman by day and thief by night, William Brodie, commonly known by the honorific Deacon Brodie, is one of Edinburgh’s most enduring legends. Like most folklore, the story of Deacon Brodie has been distilled to point we only see William Brodie as a cautionary tale of duality. We forget that Brodie was as successful as any commoner in Edinburgh society with the appendant friends ...
12 de oct. de 2017 · Deacon Brodie (real name, William Brodie) is today recognizable mainly as the namesake of a handful of pubs in Scotland and the U.S., but in his day, he was a well-respected socialite.
The Trial of Deacon Brodie. Deacon Brodie was a Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of a trades guild, and Edinburgh city councillor, who maintained a secret life as a housebreaker, partly for the thrill, and partly to fund his gambling. By day, Brodie was a respectable tradesman and deacon (president) of the Incorporation of Wrights, which locally ...
Deacon Brodie was sentenced to hang in Edinburgh’s Old Tollbooth, High Steet on 1st October 1788 along with George Smith. The rope from which he hung was adjusted three times before it was a suitable length. Brodie went to his death in front of a crowd of 40,000 people which included his own daughter Cecile.
