The Murder of Roger Ackroyd killer was suggested by brother-in-law James Watt.

Meanwhile, James IV of Scotland ( despite being Henry's other brother-in-law ), activated his alliance with the French and declared war on England.

The Theatre was constructed in Shoreditch in 1576 by James Burbage with his brother-in-law John Brayne ( the owner of the unsuccessful Red Lion playhouse of 1567 ) and the Newington Butts playhouse was set up, probably by Jerome Savage, some time between 1575 and 1577.

* Rosco Purvis Coltrane ( James Best ) is the bumbling sheriff of Hazzard County and right-hand man and brother-in-law of its corrupt county administrator, Jefferson Davis " J. D.

In what became known as the " Glorious Revolution ", Anne's brother-in-law, William of Orange, invaded England on 5 November 1688 in an action that ultimately deposed King James.

" On 19 December, Anne returned to London, where she was at once visited by her brother-in-law William, and James fled to France on the 22nd.

Robert Walpole became a Privy Councillor and rose to the position of Paymaster of the Forces in a Cabinet nominally led by Lord Halifax, but actually dominated by Lord Townshend ( Walpole's brother-in-law ) and James Stanhope.

Four years later, the Mission property was auctioned off under questionable circumstances for $ 710 worth of tallow and hides ( equivalent to $ 15, 000 in 2004 dollars ) to Englishman John ( Don Juan ) Forster ( Governor Pío Pico's brother-in-law, whose family would take up residence in the friars ' quarters for the next twenty years ) and his partner James McKinley.

In 1603 his brother-in-law Lord Cobham was implicated in both the Bye Plot and also the Main Plot, which were an attempt to remove James from the throne and replace him with Lady Arbella Stuart.

Clarksdale was named for John Clark, a brother-in-law of Governor James L. Alcorn, whose home, Eagle ’ s Nest, was in this county.

In 1846, Isaac Van Woert swore in an affidavit to a justice of the peace in Ann Arbor that he had been visited by the ghost of Martha Mullholland, who told him she had been murdered by a doctor at the behest of her brother-in-law, James Mullholland, to keep her from returning to Canada, and who had committed another murder and dumped the body in Frains Lake.

The LIRR built the original West Deer Park railroad station, which incorporated a post office, in May 1875 at the request of General James J. Casey, a brother-in-law of President Ulysses S. Grant.

Early on in his reign, a thorn in Peter's side had been James III of Majorca, his brother-in-law, the husband of his sister Constance.

He incurred the resentment of the Scottish government by rescuing, in June 1676, his brother-in-law James Kirkton, a Presbyterian Church of Scotland minister who had been seized and confined in a house by Carstairs, an informer.

In 1381, Carrick was calling himself ' lieutenant for the marches ' sustained by his connections to border magnates such as his brother-in-law, James Douglas son of William, Earl of Douglas who he succeeded in 1384.

Many of the problems of Robert III ’ s rule, Boardman argues, stemmed from the death of his brother-in-law and close ally James, earl of Douglas at Otterburnn in 1388 when his deliberately constructed and powerful affinity south of the Forth crumbled.

Hugh Henshall, who was the brother-in-law of James Brindley, was asked to re-survey the route in 1792, and recommended a diversion to Newent.

Surveying of the route and initial construction were originally supervised by the celebrated engineer James Brindley, assisted by Samuel Simcock who was also Brindley's brother-in-law.

Peter Hoffmann's biography of Hitler assassination conspirator Claus Graf von Stauffenberg (" Stauffenberg, A Family History ," 1992 ) indicates that after the failure of Stauffenberg's bomb plot in July 1944, Gisevius went into hiding until January 23, 1945, when he escaped to Switzerland by using a passport that had belonged to Carl Deichmann, a brother-in-law of German Count Helmuth James von Moltke, who was a specialist in international law serving in the legal branch of the Foreign Countries Group of the OKW ( Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, " Supreme Command of the Armed Forces ").

Inevitably, Wilberforce also became a frequent visitor to Stoke Newington, combining meetings with William Allen and his Quaker circle with visits to his sister Sarah and brother-in-law James.

In 1373, her cousin and former brother-in-law Philip II of Taranto resigned to her his rights to the Principality of Achaea, as did her third husband, James, before his death in 1375.

Haden's printmaking was invigorated by his much younger brother-in-law, James Whistler, at the Haden home in Sloane Street in 1855.

* James " Jimmy " Kantor, brother-in-law of Harold Wolpe

* Wolpe's escape saw his brother-in-law James Kantor arrested and charged with the same crimes as Mandela and his co-accused.

More importantly, he also happens to be the brother-in-law of Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House.

His brother-in-law Balthasar van der Ast also lived and worked in his workshop and moved with him on his travels.

In 1879, amid talks surrounding the closure of the university due to its dire financial situation, a wealthy New York publisher with Nova Scotia roots, George Munro, who was also the brother-in-law of Dalhousie's Board of Governors member John Forrest, began to donate to the university.

Anatoli was the son-in-law ( and possibly also the brother-in-law ) of Samuel ibn Tibbon, the well known translator of Maimonides.

Emperor Han Wudi interpreted Sima ’ s defence of Li Ling as an attack on his brother-in-law, who had also fought against the Xiongnu without much success, and sentenced Sima to death.

* June 12 – Pocahontas ( now Rebecca ) arrives in England, with her husband, John Rolfe, their infant son, Thomas Rolfe, her half-sister Matachanna ( alias Cleopatra ) and brother-in-law " Tomocomo ", the shaman also known as Uttamatomakkin.

Following Gaveston's death, the king increased favour to his nephew-by-marriage ( who was also Gaveston's brother-in-law ), Hugh Despenser the Younger.

In 879, after the death of the Carolingian ruler Charles the Bald, Boso of Provence, ( also known as Boson ), his brother-in-law, broke away from the Carolingian kingdom of Louis III and was elected the first ruler of an independent state of Provence.

John was also the brother-in-law to John Comyn, who was murdered by Robert the Bruce in February 1306, in Dumfries.

* Ermineskin (‘ One with teh skin like a ermine ’, Sehkosowayanew, Sikosew Inew, also known as Baptiste Piche, Chief of the Bear Hills Cree ( Maskwa Wachi-is Ininiwak ), son of Pesew (‘ Mountain Lion ’), brother-in-law of Pitikwahanapiwiyin )

Earlier meetings with the Rising Sons had also secured them the guitar and arranging skills of Ry Cooder, which also brought about input from Taj Mahal on percussion and guitar work from Cooder's brother-in-law Russ Titelman.

This may have been a response to three important events that had shaken investor confidence in the stability of the country: the aforementioned Zapatista uprising, the assassination of PRI presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, and the assassination of José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Salinas ' former brother-in-law who was also the Secretary General of the PRI, and whose murder was never solved during Salinas ' presidency, even when Mario Ruiz Massieu ( Francisco's brother ) was the attorney general in charge of the investigation.

But when Edward died in January 1066, he was succeeded by his brother-in-law Harold, who not only faced challenges from William but also another claim by the Norwegian king, Harald Hardrada.

Wright's cousin Jim Wright, and future father-in-law, Billy Corrigan and brother-in-law, Leslie Corrigan were also killed by republicans in this period.

Whistler's brother-in-law Francis Haden, a physician who was also an artist, spurred his interest in art and photography.

Alma also loves Conrad, and would like Sylvia to marry her brother-in-law Larry, a gambler and criminal.

On 2 June 1686 Chartres was invested with the Order of the Holy Spirit at Versailles ; on the same day his future brother-in-law, Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine, also joined the order as did his cousins Louis III, prince de Condé and François Louis, Prince de Conti.

The Völsunga saga also describes a subsequent encounter between Sigurðr and Brynhildr at Hlymdale, the home of Brynhildr's brother-in-law, Heimir.

Juliet also reveals a note to her father from her alcoholic brother-in-law, Sam Hastings, which in turn reveals that Dr. Forrest gave him a dollar bill " for safekeeping ".

He also gave his brother-in-law, Frank M. Dampier, Sr., a lot to build a store, with Dampier becoming the first merchant in town.

He was also involved with his brother-in-law Samuel Hallett, in several enterprises.

It was the Irishman John Jennings and his brother-in-law, the Scotsman Robert Finlay, who founded the new ironworks which also got its name, Robertsfors, from Robert Finlay.

Neville had also received reinforcements: ten U. S. Army soldiers from Pittsburgh under the command of Major Abraham Kirkpatrick, a brother-in-law of Neville's wife.