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Sir Robert Tichborne (c. 1604 – c. 1682) was an English merchant, politician, author and military officer who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1656. He was a regicide of Charles I. [1][2] Before the English Civil War, he was a linen-draper by trade.
The Tichborne case was a legal cause célèbre that fascinated Victorian Britain in the 1860s and 1870s. It concerned the claims by a man sometimes referred to as Thomas Castro or as Arthur Orton, but usually termed "the Claimant", to be the missing heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
Jan 18, 2017 · In 1854, wealthy heir Roger Tichborne was presumed dead in shipwreck. In 1865, he reappeared—but was it really him? More than 100 years later, we still don't know.
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Oct 25, 2021 · The Tichborne case was a sensational legal case that caught the public’s attention during the 1860s and 1870s in Victorian England. The case revolved around the claimant, and heir, to the Tichborne baronetcy.
- Bipin Dimri
A jury had to be convinced that Orton’s claim to be Sir Roger Tichborne was false. They didn’t need much convincing – in February 1874, he was convicted of two counts of perjury and sentenced to 14 years’ hard labour by Lord Chief Justice Sir Alexander Cockburn.
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Running out of funds, he brought a civil case in 1871 to claim the Tichborne lands, worth £25,000 that had now passed to Alfred’s son and Sir Roger’s nephew. The trial lasted 102 days until the civil court rejected the claimant’s case.
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Oct 18, 2024 · Robert Tichborne (c. 1604 – c. 1682) was an English merchant, politician, author and military officer who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1656. He was a regicide of Charles I. Before the English Civil War, he was a linen-draper by trade. In 1643 he was a captain in the London trained bands.
