F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead this income even after he took less well-paid government positions in later years, something of which he would bitterly complain. In one of the best-known cases in which Smith was involved he successfully defended Ethel le Neve, mistress of Hawley Harvey Crippen ("Dr Crippen") against a charge of murder. Le Neve was accused of killing Crippen's wife. Crippen was tried separately and convicted. Smith twice unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in Liverpool, for Scotland division in a by-election in 1903, and for Walton division in 1905 before he entered the House of Commons representing Walton in 1906. He attracted attention by
James Inglis (physician) he named after Christopher Rawson, the founder of the Halifax Literary & Philosophical Society. Interested in phrenology, Dr. Inglis researched the brain of Eugene Aram, an infamous English murderer. Dr. Inglis was a Freemason and a past Master of the Yorkshire Lodge in Halifax. Dr. Inglis married Louisa Rawson (ca. 1826-1909), the daughter of Jeremiah Rawson, Esq., on 3 May 1842 at St. John the Baptist Church in Halifax. The couple had the following children: A great-granddaughter of Dr. Inglis was Surrealist performance artist Sheila Legge. A brother-in-law of Dr. Inglis, and a fellow physician, was Dr. Charles Ransford. Dr.