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Entry TypePerson
SurnameSkewes
ForenamesJ. Henry
EpithetAnglican clergyman
Datesfl 1889
HistoryVicar of Holy Trinity, Liverpool. He published a sensationalist book entitled "Sir John Franklin, the true secret of the discovery of his fate: a ‘Revelation’, ‘A little child shall lead them’" in 1889, making publicly known the claims that the dead spirit of a four-year old child Louisa Coppin, also known as Little Weesy, appeared to her family five months after her death in October 1849 in a bluish light, revealing the position of the lost polar expedition by means "writing on the wall". Lady Franklin had proved receptive when approached by Louisa's father, William Coppin, in May 1850 and went on to direct searches further south, as Weesy had suggested, than had been previously undertaken in searches to the north.
Authorised Form of NameSkewes; J. Henry (fl 1889); Anglican clergyman

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