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An imposter, Mr Bedford, tricks a colonial family, Mr and Mrs Dibbs and their daughter, out of 500 pounds sterling, two horses and their pride. It is revealed at the end of the story that the impersonator 'was the celebrated Lord Lascelles!'.
'Lord Lascelles' (John Dow alias John Colquhoun alias Edward, Lord Lascelles) was a conman in the colony of New South Wales in the early 1830s. The Sydney Herald newspaper of 27 July 1835 notes that 'The celebrated "Lord Lascelles," with other convicts, embarked on board the brig Siren, on Saturday last, under a military guard, preparatory to "His Lordship's" transmission to Hobart Town.' (3)
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