Queen Victoria · Character
Roderick Maclean
Last of Victoria's would-be assassins, tried for treason.
minor
Also known as Maclean
First appearance: ix old age
Roderick Maclean shows up with force in Chapter II. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The youth who fired a loaded pistol at the Queen in 1882, leading to a change in the insanity verdict law.
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