In September 1808 in Edinburgh he married Sarah Lamb.
She then fatally stabbed her mother in the chest, in full view of John and Sarah Lamb who were standing nearby.
Sarah Lamb had died in 1797, and with John's death, Charles was able to bring Mary back to London to live with him.
As the story goes, at the age of 22, Timothy was engaged to be married to his village sweetheart, Sarah Lamb.
Sarah Lamb as Manon: 'a brilliantly calculating performance'.
Our link to last week's clip of Sarah Lamb and Federico Bonelli is swans.
"Fall" brought in Sarah Lamb as the town tease, with the town dancing on carts that looked like flatbed trucks.
But he was ill matched on Saturday night with Sarah Lamb, a lovely dancer in her early 20's who does not have the maturity for the role.
Interestingly, that partner is Nathalie Harrison, a very junior dancer replacing Sarah Lamb.
Sarah Lamb is fine in the central role of the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake.