Lt Clive Wilson and the Tranby Croft Party, Hull (1902)
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FANTASTIC - More of this history please
I’m a 13 year old student in Tranby and I have been there for 9 years. We are doing a play to celebrate the schools heritage about the Baccarat Scandal and so much more.
I am researching my family tree and found that my great grandmother was a housemaid here at this actual time! lovely film
My maternal grandmother Molly Pickering lived in Tranby Croft as a companion to Mary Ward her godmother.
My great grandfather was the cabinet maker at the estate.
Wow! Would love to know more about your (great) grandparents' experiences. Please contact the school at Tranby Croft if you would like to share this.
@@lucystephenson3401 I knew my Gran was Lady in Waiting to the Wilsons, but now know through DNA and help of cousins that we are diectly related to them
@@melvynbryan4460 This sounds really interesting! Please could you email HistoryofTranbyCroft@hotmail.com with any information. Thank you.
love it
so well dressed
Most of the teachers are still alive.
The Royal Baccarat Scandal, also known as the Tranby Croft scandal, was an English gambling scandal of the late nineteenth century involving the future King Edward VII.
On September 8, 1890, Sir William Gordon-Cumming and the Prince were among the guests at a house party at Tranby Croft, the country house of shipbuilder Sir Arthur Wilson. That evening the guests played baccarat, a gambling game which was illegal in England but was a favorite of the Prince.
During the evening, several players observed Sir William apparently cheating by altering the amount of the bets he had on the table after he won or lost a hand. Alerted to this, they watched him more closely the next evening and confirmed his actions. Sir William won a total of £228 during the two days of playing.
On the morning of September 10, six of the guests conferred as to what they should do about Sir William's behavior. They decided to inform the Prince and to confront Sir William. Sir William denied any wrong-doing but finally agreed to sign a pledge that he would never play cards again in exchange for an agreement that the matter would be kept secret.
The matter, however, did not remain secret; it quickly became common knowledge throughout the social circles that Sir William inhabited. Many believed that one of the people spreading the tale was Daisy, Lady Brooke, a notorious gossip nicknamed "Babbling Brook", and the current mistress of the Prince of Wales. Sir William found himself ostracized by society.
Sir William decided to defend his reputation by suing his original accusers for defamation in civil court. The defendants were George Loms, Lycett Green and his wife, Capt. Berkeley Levett (Scots Guards), Arthur Wilson (Sir Arthur's son) and his wife, George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry, and Lord Somerset.
The Prince was not named as a defendant but he was called as a witness.
The suit, Gordon-Cumming v. Wilson and Others, made the incident public knowledge, when it became known as the Royal Baccarat Scandal or the Tranby Croft Scandal.
Don Reed
Sir William was represented by Sir Edward Clarke, one of England's most talented barristers, and the defense was represented by Sir Charles Russell. The trial was heard by the Lord Chief Justice Lord Coleridge and began on June 1, 1891. Levett, Wilson and others were forced to testify in open court, and the proceedings became a society spectacle.
The Prince of Wales was reluctant to testify as a witness in such a case. He had been called to appear as a witness once before, in an adultery case in 1870 where he denied having an affair with Lady Mordaunt.
However, his testimony was compelled when Sir Edward invoked Article 42 of the Queen's Army Regulations that as an officer, the Prince had been required to report the illegal action of Sir William, another officer. Sir Edward forced the Prince to admit he had not done so and to acknowledge his own participation in the evening's events.
Although Sir Edward performed well, he was unable to overcome the testimony of the defendants as to what they had witnessed as well as the evidence of Sir William's signed confession (which he now stated he had only signed to prevent involving the Prince in a public scandal). The trial ended on June 9th and the jury deliberated for only ten minutes before finding in favor of the defendants.
Don Reed
Sir William was dismissed from the army and retired to his Scottish estate. He never re-entered high society and remained bitter about the incident until his death years later. One happy note was that his fiancée, American heiress Florence Garner, supported him throughout the scandal. The couple wed the day after the trial ended and went on to have four children.
Following the trial, the Prince of Wales changed his behavior to some extent. Although he continued to gamble he did so in a more discreet manner, and he stopped playing baccarat altogether, taking up whist instead. He also dropped Daisy Brooke and replaced her with a new mistress, Mrs. Alice Keppel.
NR © 2010 The Esoteric Curiosa Posted 5th February 2010
Oh dear, intolerence strikes its head again, Sorry mate we pronounce it differently in England. get it? oxenfoord
Spycatcher STEWART MENZIES is in this video. see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Menzies. His brother ian aged 7 is in naval uniform 1.22, father Hellfire Jack second from right in same frame, and Stewart aged 12 - note his big ears and likeness to wiki-photos is in 1.32 wearing baden powell scout hat and brother Keith behind in flat cap, aged 14. mother Susannah West is aged 38 at the time, but i am not sure which. "Hellfire" Jack has remarkable likeness to his brother Billy Menzies of Hallyburton, my great grandfather. Stewart Menzies' wife Avice left him during the war, completely unaware of his secret work - and left alone bored in Gloucestershire while Stewart handled the codes - meeting Churchill every single day of the war - that changed the war. Charlie Llewellen Palmer.