THE BOLTON EVENING NEWS

Bolton, Lancashire, England

24 November 1909

(page 5)

Custody of Child and £52 a Year.

In the Court of Session, at Edinburgh, to-day, Lord Salvesen granted a divorce with the custody of the child and £52 a year ailment for the latter, to Rose Edith Kelly, or Crowley, from Alister [sic] MacGregor Crowley, of Boleskine, Foyers, Inverness-shire, and residing in London. The suit was undefended. Plaintiff said in 1902, when she was a widow, she met defendant, who called himself Count Skellet. Later he called himself MacGregor to identify himself with Scotland, where he had bought an estate. After the marriage he called himself Lord Boleskine, saying people in Scotland called themselves after their estates. In July last she left him, and by accidentally opening a letter she ascertained he was the father of a child borne by another lady. Plaintiff’s brother said defendant was very proud of having, as he thought, Scottish blood in his veins. He invented a new kind of religion. He was a Cabalist, and studied ancient manuscripts. There was a lot of land around Boleskine, but it was mostly perpendicular. Defendant’s father was a Plymouth Brother. He had lots of money, but was stupid where money was concerned. His lordship thought he might assume defendant’s domicile was Scottish whatever it was originally, and granted the decree.