1. Inspired by this Daily Mail headline, I want to talk about the tragic love life of the Earl of Sandwich https://twitter.com/jonathanshainin/status/531583132198506497 …
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2. John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792), is perhaps best rememberd for inventing the sandwich. But he had a tragic love life.
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3. The Earl of the Sandwich was the First Lord of the Admiralty and also had a mistress, Martha Ray.
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4. Arguably, The Earl's need to juggle his duties as head of navy and his sex life led him to invent the sandwich.
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5. Because he didn't have time to dilly-dally and eat meals, the Earl of Sandwich came up with the idea of putting meat in middle of bread.
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6. Earl of Sandwich was very good to his mistress, Martha Ray. Doted on her her, didn't hide her. But he wouldn't marry her.
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7. Sandwich introduced his mistress to a soldier, James Hackman, who started to court her.
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8. Hackman said, "I'll marry you unlike that cad, the Earl of Sandwich". But Martha Ray spurned his advances.
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9. In 1779 while Martha Ray was attending a play, Hackman shot her dead. He immediately confessed and was hanged.
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10. The Earl of Sandwich was grief-stricken. He had loved Ray. Surprisingly 18th century public opinion favored the killer, Hackman.
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11. Many people thought Hackman was driven mad by love. Although to be honest he seems like a stalker and a creep.
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