World / United Kingdom / England / Egham, 4 km from center Coordinates: 51°24'46"N   -0°31'28"E

Pistol Duel.(Thorpe, Staines) (Egham)


EGHAM CEMETRY WHERE REMAINS OF FREDERICK COURNET (A FRENCHMAN)LIES...1852...HIS OPPONANT NAMED BARTHOLMY (ALSO A FRENCHMAN) WAS ARRESTED(AS DEATH BY DUELLING WAS REGARDED AS MURDER)TRIED AND HANGED...THIS BEING THE LAST KNOWN PISTOL DUEL IN ENGLAND..THE SITE OF CEMETRY REQUIRES CONFIRMATION.
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