Highland Mary, immortalized by Robert Burns, is generally thought to be Mary Campbell; but it seems more likely to be Mary Morison, “one of the poet’s youthful loves.” Probably the songs, Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary? Highland Mary, Mary Morison, and To Mary in Heaven, were all written on one and the same Mary, although some think Highland Mary and Mary in Heaven refer to Mary Campbell, who, we are told, was the poet’s first love.
Highwaymen (Noted).
Claude Duval (*-1670). Introduced in White Friars, by Miss Robinson.
James Whitney (1660-1594), aged 34.
Jonathan Wild of Wolverhampton (1682-1725), aged 43. Hero and title of a novel by Fielding (1744).
Jack Sheppard of Spitalfields (1701-1724), aged 24. Hero and title of a novel by Defoe (1724); and of one by H. Ainsworth (1839).
Dick Turpin, executed at York (1711-1739). Hero of a novel by H. Ainsworth.
Galloping Dick, executed at Aylesbury in 1800.
Captain Grant, the Irish highwayman, executed at Maryborough, in 1816.
Samuel Greenwood, executed at Old Bailey, 1822.