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Patrick Mahon

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General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ140429618 ↗
Source-derived summary

Patrick Mahon may refer to:

Patrick Herbert Mahon (1890-1924) was a British criminal found guilty in 1924 of the murder of Emily Bielby Kaye in the case of the "Crumbles murders".

Patrick Joseph Mahon (Paddy Mahon) (c.1907 – 20 July 1945) was an Irish golfer.

Anthony Patrick Mahon (1921-1972), known as Patrick, British cryptanalyst during World War II, and executive at John Lewis. He was the son of Cyril Patrick Mahon.

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The public source identifies “Patrick Mahon” as wikimedia disambiguation page. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Patrick, Mahon and Wikimedia.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1890, 1924, 1907, 1945—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Patrick, Mahon and Wikimedia providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Patrick Mahon” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.