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James MacLaine
AuthorBooks · Second hand1724-1750
"Captain" James Maclaine was an Irish man of a respectable presbyterian family who had a brief but notorious career as a mounted highwayman in London with his accomplice William Plunkett. He was known as "The Gentleman Highwayman" as a result of his courteous behaviour during his robberies, and obtained a certain kind of celebrity. Notoriously, he held up and robbed Horace Walpole at gunpoint: eventually he was hanged at Tyburn.
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About James MacLaine
Birth
1724
Death
1750
"Captain" James Maclaine was an Irish man of a respectable presbyterian family who had a brief but notorious career as a mounted highwayman in London with his accomplice William Plunkett. He was known as "The Gentleman Highwayman" as a result of his courteous behaviour during his robberies, and obtained a certain kind of celebrity. Notoriously, he held up and robbed Horace Walpole at gunpoint: eventually he was hanged at Tyburn.
James MacLaine was born in County Monaghan in 1724.
His life was defined by his historical role as a British highwayman.
Despite his past, he is a prolific author with 64 published works.
His bibliography is notable for picture books and juvenile literature.
Among his most well-known titles is the work Bees and Wasps.
