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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D3155/WH/2956
TitleSir John Sherbrooke's story
Date1827-1830
DescriptionSep 1827, May 1830. Volume marked `No 61'. The narrative of Sir John's story (transmitted by Col Doyle to Wilmot Horton) relates to the ghostly apparition, supposedly George Wyndham (?Wynyard according to a contemporary endorsement) brother of one of Sir John's brother-officers, in Guards uniform. It was a personal caprice of Wilmot Horton's to find the truth
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Levelfile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorSir Robert John Wilmot Horton, baronet (1784-1841), Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1821-1828, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon 1831-1837
Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton, Derbyshire

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Wilmot-Horton, formerly Wilmot; Sir; Robert John (1784-1841); of Catton Hall, baronet, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1821-1828, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon 1831-1837
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