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John the Painter
John the Painter (1752–10 March 1777), also known as ''Jack the Painter'', ''James Aitken'' or ''John Aitkin'', was a Scot who committed acts of terror in British naval dockyards in 1776–77.
==Early life==
Aitken was born in Edinburgh in 1752, the son of a whitesmith and the eighth of twelve children.
The early death of his father assured him a good education at the charitable school of George Heriot’s Hospital, which was founded to care for the "puir, faitherless bairns" (Scots: poor, fatherless children) of Edinburgh.
Upon leaving school, he tried his hand at a variety of low-paying trades before finding that the world of criminal activity offered him more immediate rewards. He admitted in his testament to being a highwayman, burglar, shoplifter, robber, and (on at least one occasion) a rapist: …I made the best of my way through Winchester to Basingstoke, intending to return to London. Going over a down near Basingstoke, I saw a girl watching some sheep, upon whom, with some threats and imprecations, I committed a rape, to my shame it be said.
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