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   Nov 25, 2021 · Yet, he found part of the inspiration for his legendary miser Ebenezer Scrooge in a real-life member of Parliament who ate moldy bread, wrestled rotting meat away from a rat, and wore a wig he...

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   Jun 27, 2024 · John Elwes. Lived from: April 7, 1714 – November 26, 1789. John Elwes was orphaned at four with a £100,000 fortune (equivalent to over £20 million today), when his mother's frugality led to her starvation. He became a horseman but changed when he met Harvey Elwes, his miserly uncle, and inherited his fortune upon Harvey's death.

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   Dec 17, 2022 · How one millionaire MP - who scavenged food from RATS - proved the inspiration for the iconic character at the heart of A Christmas Carol. John Elwes, a cruel 18th century MP was the...

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   Feb 5, 2023 · William Harrison Ainsworth is believed to have based his character John Scarfe — the titular miser from his novel The Miser's Daughter — on Elwes as well.) John Elwes was born John Meggot in 1714 and inherited his first fortune (worth about $10 million today) at just 4 years of age following the passing of his father, a brewer.

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   John Elwes MP (born John Meggot or Meggott; 7 April 1714 – 26 November 1789) was a member of parliament (MP) in Great Britain for Berkshire (1772–1784) and an eccentric miser, suggested to be an inspiration for the character of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. [1]

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   Dec 25, 2023 · Charles Dickens is believed to have based the infamous character of Ebeneezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol on MP John Elwes, a renowned penny pincher and millionaire.

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   Who is John Elwes MP?

   • John Elwes MP (born John Meggot or Meggott; 7 April 1714 – 26 November 1789) was a member of parliament (MP) in Great Britain for Berkshire (1772–1784) and an eccentric miser, suggested to be an inspiration for the character of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol. [ 1]

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   Was John Elwes a real person?

   • In the book he is a moneylender, described by Dickens as “"a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner” who underpays his staff, detests Christmas and says “Bah, humbug” a lot. In reality, it is believed among many the old miser was based upon a real person. John Elwes was an MP for Berkshire between 1772 and 1784.

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   How much was John Elwes worth when he died?

   • When he died in 1789, John Elwes was worth £36.5million in today’s money He’s as notorious today as when introduced to the reading public in December 1843 – the ‘squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!’ at the heart of A Christmas Carol.

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   What happened to Elwes?

   • Elwes won by a fortnight and the doctor had to forfeit his fee. He also bore a wound from a hunting accident. Legend has it that one day he was out shooting with a gentleman who was a particularly bad shot. This same man accidentally fired through a hedge, lodging several shot in the miser's cheek.

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   One of Cary Elwes' relatives is John Elwes, a British miser who was the inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (1843), having been referenced by Charles Dickens himself in chapter six of his last completed novel, Our Mutual Friend. [13] [14] Elwes himself played five roles in the 2009 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol.