Buck Ruxton
Physician, convicted murderer · Doctors · Lived 1899 to 1936 · aged 37
Buck Ruxton was an Indian-born physician convicted and subsequently hanged for the September 1935 murders of his common-law wife, Isabella Ruxton, and the family housemaid, Mary Jane Rogerson, at his home in Lancaster, England.
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Buck and Isabella Ruxton, pictured with their oldest daughter, Elizabeth, in 1930.
The Ruxton children, seen with the maid of a family friend in 1935.
2 Dalton Square, Lancaster (seen to the left in this image). Ruxton established both his medical practice and his family home at this address in 1930.
The Bridge above Gardenholme Linn stream, seen on 29 September 1935.
HM Prison Manchester. Ruxton was executed within the grounds of this prison on 12 May 1936.About this person
These murders are informally known as the Bodies Under the Bridge and the Jigsaw Murders, while Ruxton himself became known as The Savage Surgeon.
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1936 · aged 37
