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In any case, Lady Dorothy Walpole was brought up in wealth and luxury, and is said to have fallen in love with a real live viscount, Charles Townshend. But her father, who was Townshend’s guardian, forbade the marriage so that he would not be seen as unduly influencing the young nobleman. So Townshend married Lady Elizabeth Pelham instead.
The ghost of Viscountess Dorothy Townshend is called the Brown Lady because she appears wearing a brown brocade dress. D orothy W alpole was born in Houghton, Norfolk, in 1686, one of 19 children of Robert Walpole and Mary Burwell Walpole. Dorothy's father was a member of the local gentry and a Whig. politician who represented the borough of ...
Nearly a century later, in 1926, Lady Townshend said her son and his friend saw the "Brown Lady" on a staircase, claiming that the ghost they saw was the woman in a painting hanging in the haunted room—Lady Dorothy. Ten years later, on September 19, 1936, the most famous sighting of the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall occurred.
Dorothy, Viscountess Townshend. Dorothy Walpole (1686-1726) was the sister of Sir Robert Walpole, the father of Horace Walpole. She married Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend of Raynham in 1713. The coat-of-arms is that of Townshend impaling Walpole.
21 de jun. de 2022 · Welcome to Forgotten Lives! In today's episode we are looking into the life of Dorothy Townshend, a noblewoman who died under mysterious circumstances and su...
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Dorothy Walpole (1686-1726) was the sister of Sir Robert Walpole, the father of Horace Walpole. She married Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend of Raynham in 1713. The coat-of-arms is that of Townshend impaling Walpole. It, along with the inscription, was probably added by Horace Walpole when the picture hung in his gothic-revival villa Strawberry ...
6 de feb. de 2022 · Dorothy Walpole was the daughter of Robert Walpole and Mary Burwell. She was born on 18 Sep 1686 at Houghton, Norfolk in England and baptised there two days later on the 20th. [1] [2] In 1700, she was mentioned in the will of her father Robert Walpole. On 6 July 1713 she married Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend of Raynham. [3]
