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THE HOUGHTON HALL GHOST.A rumour current the other day, and promptly contradicted, was to tfe effect that Houghton Hail, Norfolk, had been acquired by the Duke of Cornwall as a country residence. If His Royal Highness ever thought of the ancient mansion of the Walpoles in this connection (says a correspondent of the “ Leeds Mercury,” the story of the Houghton ghost may have given rise to second thoughts. The apparition is stated to be that of a little lady dressed in brown satin, and supposed to be the spirit of Lady Dorothy Walpole, who became in 1780 the second wife of Viscount Town* shend. It is said that the union was an unhappy one, and eventually she* becoming deranged, was confined in the upper story at Raynham Hall* where the small rooms she inhabited, and in which she died, are still shown. It is believed she appears either at her birthplace, Houghton, oil at Raynham, just before a death in either the Walpole or Townshend families. The late Lady Anne Sherson, by birth a Town shend, used td relate that many years ago she was at Raynham on the occasion of a balL She herself, as well as many other guests, were surprised to see a small lady, dressed in an antique costume, passing through the throng without! apparently knowing anybody. On the following morning the news came of the unexpected death of Lord George Town shend, which had occurred during the previous night. George IV., when on a visit to Houghton Hall* was put in the haunted room for the night, being kept in ignorance of its history. He passed a very bad night, which might be due to the orgie of the evening; he was very angry next morning, and cut short his visit. He never disclosed his experiences of the haunted chamber* lt;After all* hie temper may have been due to a disordered digestion.
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London St James Gazette
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Jul 19, 1901
Page 14
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