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Doughty-Tichborne, Roger Charles, 1829-1854


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    • Roger Charles
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    • Tichborne, Roger Charles, 1829-1854
    • Tichborne, Roger C. D. (Roger Charles Doughty), 1829-1854
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        • found: LC data base, 12-17-91(hdg.: Doughty-Tichborne, Roger Charles, 1829-1854)
        • found: LCCN 28013716: The trial at bar of Sir Roger C. D. Tichborne, bart., in the Court of Queen's bench at Westminster, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, Mr. Justice Mellor, & Mr. Justice Lush, for perjury, commencing Wednesday, April 23, 1873, and ending Saturday, February 28, 1874, 1875-80(hdg.: Orton, Arthur, calling himself Sir Roger Charles Doughty-Tichborne, bart., 1834-1898; usage: Sir Roger C. D. Tichborne)
        • found: Library of Congress Manuscript Division for the Papers of William De Courcy, 1754-1871(Sir Roger Charles Tichborne; b. 1829; d. 1854)
        • found: BGMI, July 18, 2007(Tichborne, Roger Charles (1829-1854))
        • found: WBIS, July 18, 2007(Orton, Arthur; c.h. Sir Roger Doughty Tichborne; b. Mar. 20, 1834; d. 1898; claimant)
        • found: Oxford DNB, July 18, 2007(Roger Charles Doughty-Tichborne (1829-1854?); b. Jan. 5, 1829, Paris, France; in 1852 Roger abandoned the army and sailed for South America; toured Chile, crossed the Andes, and was last sighted alive on a ship called the Bella, which left Rio de Janeiro on 20 April 1854, bound for Kingston, Jamaica; it was never seen again; in 1865, a butcher calling himself Tomas Castro from Wagga Wagga, Australia, came forward, claiming to be Sir Roger; in Paris, Lady Tichborne recognized him as her son on 10 January 1867; most of the Tichborne family insisted that the new arrival was an impostor; The Claimant looked nothing like Roger, he was also unable to speak French, in which Roger had been fluent, and he had scant knowledge of Roger's past; enquiries in Australia and South America then began to connect the Claimant with Arthur Orton (b. Mar. 20, 1834); a former sweetheart of Orton's identified the Claimant as Orton; d Apr. 1, 1898)
        • found: Wikipedia, February 4, 2022 :Tichborne case (Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne; heir to the Tichborne baronetcy; born January 5, 1829; raised by his mother primarily in France, and spoke mainly French; educated in the Jesuit boarding school Stonyhurst College 1845-1848; served in the 6th Dragoon Guards for three years, mainly in Ireland; often stayed with his uncle at Tichborne Park near Alresford, Hampshire, when on leave; in 1852 he left the army and began a private tour of South America; he was last seen alive in Rio de Janeiro in April 1854; on April 24 a capsized ship boat bearing the name of his ship was found off the Brazilian coast, and Tichborne was presumed dead)
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        • 1991-12-17: new
        • 2022-02-11: revised
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