Talk:Knowsley Hall shootings

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 01:39, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

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Knowsley Hall, pictured in 2011

• ... that in 1952 a 19-year-old footman shot Lady Derby and three members of staff at Knowsley Hall (pictured) in England? Source: The best coverage for the whole story is this contemporary newspaper article, I've clipped it from newspapers.com so it should be accessible by anybody
  • ALT1: ... that after being shot with a sub-machine gun at Knowsley Hall (pictured), England, in 1952 Lady Derby feigned death as two of her staff were murdered in the same room? Source: As above
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Caity Baser

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:12, 16 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Knowsley Hall shootings; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Dumelow: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:08, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

What was the lady's name?

The first sentence of the Background section refers to the "Earl of Derby, and his wife, Lady Derby, Isabel Milles-Lade, daughter of Henry Milles-Lade". It's unlikely that she would have kept her maiden name on marriage to the earl. My guess is that someone has looked up the earl in Burke's Peerage, read something like "m. 1948 Isabel Milles-Lade" and copied it thoughtlessly. Could someone with access to a peerage check, and maybe add "née"? Maproom (talk) 07:16, 9 October 2023 (UTC)