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β§ Tichborne case β§
The Tichborne case concerned the claim by an individual known as "the Claimant" (pictured) to be the missing heir to the Tichborne baronetcy and fortune. Roger Tichborne disappeared after a shipwreck in 1854; rumours later surfaced that he had survived and made his way to Australia. In 1866 a butcher called Thomas Castro from Wagga Wagg...
#Tichborne #Orton #Claimant #Australia #England #Wikipedia
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That last toot reminds of another random-ish hashtag that belongs with my #introduction, I guess.
I've been moderately obsessed with #JoeOrton since my teens. A Cambridge friend, who decided he couldn't introduce me as being from my extremely right-wing posh boys' college, used instead to say 'This is Paul, the #Orton Scholar of the University'