Grieve, Elizabeth Harriet (1735–?)
Grieve, Elizabeth Harriet (1735–?)
English swindler. Born 1735 in UK.
By falsely claiming to have relatives in British court—including Lord North, Lady Fitzroy and Lord Guildford—received money from tradesmen who believed she could secure government posts for them; exposed as fraud and taken to court (1774), was sent to America for life; vanished during American Revolution.
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