Family
Both of his parents were very wealthy by inheritance. His mother inherited money from Shropshire and his father from North Ireland. It is said Betty’s father would frivolously spend his inheritance on anything, resulting in his losing a large portion of it. This loss might be a huge contribution to the extreme exploitation of his child prodigy.
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