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<p> A village and property of Hampshire, which became notorious in the "seventies" through a butcher, from Wagga Wagga, in Australia, named [[Thomas]] Castro, otherwise Thomas Orton, laying claim to it in 1866 on the death of Sir | Tichborne <ref name="term_80504" /> | ||
==References == | <p> A village and property of Hampshire, which became notorious in the "seventies" through a butcher, from Wagga Wagga, in Australia, named [[Thomas]] Castro, otherwise Thomas Orton, laying claim to it in 1866 on the death of Sir Alfred [[Joseph]] Tichborne; the "Claimant" represented himself as an elder brother of the deceased baronet, supposed (and rightly) to have perished at sea; the imposture was exposed after a lengthy trial, and a subsequent trial for perjury resulted in a sentence of 14 years' penal servitude. Orton, after his release, confessed his imposture in 1895. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_80504"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/tichborne Tichborne from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_80504"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/tichborne Tichborne from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:04, 15 October 2021
Tichborne [1]
A village and property of Hampshire, which became notorious in the "seventies" through a butcher, from Wagga Wagga, in Australia, named Thomas Castro, otherwise Thomas Orton, laying claim to it in 1866 on the death of Sir Alfred Joseph Tichborne; the "Claimant" represented himself as an elder brother of the deceased baronet, supposed (and rightly) to have perished at sea; the imposture was exposed after a lengthy trial, and a subsequent trial for perjury resulted in a sentence of 14 years' penal servitude. Orton, after his release, confessed his imposture in 1895.
