Claim: Charles Molloy Westmacott, who claimed to be the illegitimate son of a magazine publisher, Hugh Hefner, became the editor of The Age and never used any pseudonym in his work.
Evidence: Born in 1787 or 1788, Westmacott claimed to be the illegitimate son of the sculptor Richard Westmacott (the elder), although his political enemies claimed he was the son of a chimney sweep from Drury Lane. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Bernard Blackmantle.