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Born (according to author Andrew Cook)
A book by Andrew Cook called ‘Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly’ says Sidney was born as Salomon (Shlomo) Rosenblum, the result of an affair between Dr. Mikhail Abramovich Rosenblum and Polina (the patient), while his assumed father was Grigory (Hersh) Rosenblum. -
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Lifespan - died at age 52
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Born (according to a Ukranian newspaper)
A Ukranian newspaper called Segodnya says that Sidney was born in Odessa on March 24, 1874 as Zigmund Markovich Rozenblum. They also say his father was a shipping agent and stockbroker called Mark. -
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Went to Vienna and studied chemistry
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Confined by "Imperial Russian Secret Police"
Sidney himself claimed he was "confined by Imperial Russian Police" while studying in Vienna. This may have been because he was a courier for the "Friends of Enlightenment" (a revolutionary group), however he was later released. -
Arrived in London
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Helps the elderly Reverend Thomas with a kidney inflammation
Reverend Thomas was the elderly husband of his future wife Margaret. Also, Reverend Thomas had two things that Reilly really wanted: a beautiful young wife and lots of money -
Reverend Thomas alters his will
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Reverend Thomas dies overnight in a hotel
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Sidney marries Margaret
In Victorian London, the amount of time that elapsed between the death of Reverend Thomas and her marriage to Sidney was not an appropriate amount of time, she should have been mourning and widowed for longer. -
Changed his name to Sidney George Reilly
This was probably so he could return to Czarist Russia -
Reilly travels with wife Margaret to Czarist Russia
He did so using his forged British passport. The one supposedly given to him by Major Fothergill is presumably under the name of Pedro. In Russia he travelled to Caucasus to inspect oil deposits and after doing so he sent his report to the British Government for a payment while Margaret stayed in St. Petersburg. -
Travelled to the Far East after a stint in Port Said in Egypt
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Recognized as T.W. Lewis in a hotel in Paris
In 1908, Reilly was in Paris. Louisa Lewis, the daughter of the owner of the hotel where Reverend Thomas died, recognized the features of T.W. Andrew in Sidney at a Paris hotel. She was never seen again.