Claim: Charles Molloy Westmacott, who claimed to be the illegitimate son of the sculptor Richard Westmacott, became the editor of The Age, and sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Bernard Blackmantle.
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. Charles Molloy Westmacott (c. 1788 - 1868) was a British journalist and author, editor of The Age, the leading Sunday newspaper of the early 1830s. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Bernard Blackmantle.