Re: Squashy Hat - Oscar Gnosspelius


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Posted by Owen Roberts on August 11, 2008 at 19:37:01 user OwenRoberts.

In Reply to: Re: Squashy Hat - Oscar Gnosspelius posted by Jock on August 11, 2008 at 18:43:20:

What made AR such an undesirable man?
I am not sure that he was from the personality point of view. I would perceive his weakness, certainly in the minds of the Collingwood parents, was that he had no money and that his prospects were not certain.
We must not forget that the Collingwoods were living at Lanehead rent free and I suspect they did not have a large family income. There might well have been oblique pressure (especially in those days) for the daughters to marry money as there would be no family money from the Collingwood side to keep them throughout their married life.
Perhaps AR was a little silly to propose to another daughter having been refused by the first. The second daughter would know that she was second best.


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