‘This Country’: Daisy May Cooper related to “youngest female highway robber sent to Australia”
This Country star Daisy May Cooper has made a startling discovery about one of her ancestors.The co-creator and star of the BBC mockumentary revealed on Instagram that she is descended from Mary Wade, the youngest convict aboard the Lady Juliana ship, which transported prisoners from Britain to Australia in the 18th Century.Sharing a picture of Wade on her Instagram page, Daisy explained: “Have just found out that [brother Charlie] and I are desendants [sic] of this nutter ‘mary wade’ youngest female highway robber to be sent to austraila [sic] at 13.”She then joked: “At 13 I was sent to the headmasters office for drawing a giant cock with jizz coming out of it on a picture of Abraham Lincoln in a year 8 history book.