Sign for the Sir Roger Tichborne
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Sign for the Sir Roger Tichborne
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 25 Oct 2010
Roger Tichborne was the heir to a Hampshire baronetcy, disappeared in 1854 when his ship was wrecked. In 1865 a man in Wagga Wagga, Australia, announced that he was the missing baronet. He came to England in 1866 to pursue his claim. After the longest court case in British criminal history, the man was shown to be Arthur Orton, son of a London butcher. He was sentenced to fourteen years penal servitude. For a view of the other side of the sign Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.089724
Longitude
-0.520952