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Captain Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure
Circumstance and media frenzy made him one of the most famous men in the world in the 1850s and ‘60s. But who remembers him now?find out more
Tom Sticks
Three accounts of Tom Sticks, from Edith Carey's Scrapbook, Vol. I.find out more
La Manie des sobriquets: late 18th century nicknames
From Edith Carey's Scrapbooks, Vol. I.; the Lukis MS.find out more
Matthew de Saumarez
Amongst several of the de Saumarez family to bear this name, the Matthew de Saumarez who lived in the island in the late 18th century is one of the best known. Amongst his titles was Châtelain of the Castle at Jerbourg, and it was he who built the Saumarez Tower there, the only defensive tower of that era not following a military plan. It is unlikely that he did it out of altruism. J. Chepmell, in the MS Memoirs held at the Library, has some very unflattering things to say about him.find out more
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