Hubert George "Hugh" Chevis was a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery of the British Army who died of strychnine poisoning in June 1931 after eating contaminated partridge.
11 Facts About Hubert Chevis
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The youngest son of Sir William and Amy Florence, Lady Chevis, nee Dannenberg, Hubert Chevis was born at Rawalpindi, India.
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At the time of his death in 1931 Hubert Chevis was an instructor at the Aldershot Training Camp in Hampshire, and had been married for approximately six months to Frances, an extremely wealthy 29-year-old heiress.
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Hubert Chevis was her second husband, the first having been Major George Jackson, a veterinarian.
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Not long after ingesting the mouthful of partridge, Hubert Chevis started experiencing severe cramps and convulsions and a doctor was called.
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Hubert Chevis died at 9.50 am the following morning after five doctors had administered artificial respiration over a period of several hours.
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Mrs Hubert Chevis subsequently recovered, as she had only tasted the meat.
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The shipment of Manchurian partridges from which the Hubert Chevis partridges had come was examined by experts, but they found no poisoned birds.
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Jackson denied that he had anything to do with the death of Hubert Chevis, stating that he was "miles away at Northampton" at the time.
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Hubert Chevis added that he considered J Hartigan, the man who sent the telegram, "a cad and a blackguard".
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Mrs Hubert Chevis was unable to shed any light on her husband's death.