The author of "The String of Pearls" (the story of Sweeney Todd) and coincidentally, "Varney the Vampire," was James Malcolm Rymer (1814-1884). "Varney the Vampire" was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's "Dracula."
Rymer became a Freemason of the United Industrious Lodge of Canterbury in 1862.
The author of "The String of Pearls" (the story of Sweeney Todd) and coincidentally, "Varney the Vampire," was James Malcolm Rymer (1814-1884). "Varney the Vampire" was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's "Dracula."
Rymer became a Freemason of the United Industrious Lodge of Canterbury in 1862.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Malcolm_Rymer