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Thread #164995   Message #3954803
Posted By: Jim Carroll
05-Oct-18 - 05:07 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bob's Your Uncle!
Subject: RE: BS: Bob's Your Uncle!
""Bob's yer uncle and Fanny's yer aunt!""
I've always know this as a saying
I have always wondered if it has any historical significance

"In 1589, Cecil married Elizabeth Brooke, the daughter of William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham by his second wife, Frances Newton. Her brothers Henry 11th Lord Cobham and Sir George Brooke were arrested by Cecil for their involvement in the "Main" and "Bye" plots. Sir George Brooke, her younger brother, was executed at Winchester on 5 December 1603 for high treason. "

Jim Carroll