Talk:Peter Bessell

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His immunity

'Bessell was under threat of prosecution for fraud allegations relating to several of these companies, although the 1979 Thorpe trial meant that he acquired immunity from prosecution.'

How did Thorpe's trial bestow immunity on Bessell? 86.148.132.69 (talk) 13:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Because he was the chief prosecution witness.--95.147.103.57 (talk) 02:22, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Lynwyd School

Hello,

The Times obituary of Bessell cited as the source of Bessell's school Lynwyd School. I am not aware of any such school and a quick google seems to return only results about Bessell, many of which are evidently lifted from this article. For this reason I am sceptical about the existence of the school.

Does anyone have access to any other sources?

Cheers --KingUther (talk) 20:38, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find it either, and my father is from Bath and has never heard of it. DuncanHill (talk) 22:04, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I can confirm that the Times obituary does say he went to Lynwyd School in Bath. DuncanHill (talk) 22:10, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's interesting, cheers. I still have doubts about the school. It is also mentioned in Rinkagate: The Rise and Fall of Jeremy Thorpe but I suspect that is pulled from the Times. I'll keep looking! --KingUther (talk) 22:31, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have found Lyn-Wyd or Lyn-Wid used to refer to Lyncombe and Widcombe (areas of Bath), and there seems to have been a Lynwyd Hall in Bath, used by a group called the Bath Brotherhood. I raised the question of Bessell's education at the RefDesk, see Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#Peter_Bessell_-_Lynwyd_School?. DuncanHill (talk) 22:38, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can see, "Lynwyd school" is only mentioned anywhere on the internet in connexion with Bessell. It seems to originate in his Who's Who entry, which of course he would have written himself. None of my Bath relatives have ever heard of it. DuncanHill (talk) 12:06, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have found an advert in the Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer for Friday 02 May 1930.

SCHOOL, Boys and Girls. Moderate fees—
Misses Beaton, Lyn-wyd Villa, St. Mark's
Road, Bath

and similar ads in the Bath Chronicle from the 1920's and 30's. Lyn-wid villas are the houses on the north side of St Mark's Road. DuncanHill (talk) 00:12, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References are inadequate

The references ""Bloch 2014", "Waugh 1980", and "Chester 1979" are not defined. DuncanHill (talk) 21:54, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have fixed them. Looks like someone was just copy-pasting from Jeremy Thorpe without bothering to make sure the references worked. DuncanHill (talk) 11:27, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]