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system of betting, in which if he won a hand with a £5 stake, he would add his winnings to the stake, together with another £5, as the stake for the next hand. Edward, after hearing from his advisors and the accusers, believed what they had told him. In order to avoid a scandal involving the prince,
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In consideration of the promise made by the gentlemen whose names are subscribed to preserve my silence with reference to an accusation which has been made in regard to my conduct at baccarat on the nights of Monday and
Tuesday the 8th and 9th at Tranby Croft, I will on my part solemnly undertake
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Cumming very well, and for a long time liked and admired him greatly, both as a gallant soldier and as a fine sportsman. ... A friend of mine who went on an expedition with him was loud in praise of Bill's sportsmanship, bravery and unselfishness. ... But he had one serious
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stated "He is ... condemned by the verdict of the jury to social extinction. His brilliant record is wiped out and he must, so to speak, begin life again. Such is the inexorable social rule ... He has committed a mortal offence. Society can know him no more." Gordon-Cumming's senior
713:. He also enjoyed his own company, and that of his dogs and pet monkey. He hated Dawlish, considered his wife a "fat little frump" and unapologetically engaged in persistent infidelity. Florence lost no opportunity to remind him who funded their life and eventually resorted to
817:, London; he would lend the premises to the prince for assignations with the royal mistresses. In 1890, three days before the events at Tranby Croft, the Prince of Wales returned early from travelling in Europe; he visited Harriet Street where he found his mistress,
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He never, not even when he was eighty, lost the touch of the swagger in his walk, the hint of scorn for lesser mortals, the suggestion that he was irresistible. He had worn it so long that neither trouble nor disgrace nor old age could change his
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397:. The work covers the best routes to travel to and from India and which animals are available for hunting in which season, as well as the equipment a hunter would need to take on an expedition. He concluded his work with the following:
666:, the day after the trial "Thank God! – the Army and Society are now well rid of such a damned blackguard. The crowning point of his infamy is that he, this morning, married an American young lady, Miss Garner, ... with money!"
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Scotland a few days later the locals from near his estate had decorated the station, and pulled the couple and their carriage through the streets by hand. According to the former
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1910:"Saturday Playhouse: The Royal Baccarat Scandal".
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2848:British Army personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War
2843:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
2380:"Saturday Playhouse: The Royal Baccarat Scandal"
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2661:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
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2178:; Grayson, Edward; Shankland, Peter (1988).
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1241:"The Scots Guards". National Army Museum
851:Two of Gordon-Cumming's granddaughters,
740:, had his membership rescinded from the
288:At the age of eighteen he inherited the
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2615:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2156:Gordon-Cumming, William Gordon (1871).
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563:The trial opened on 1 June 1891 at the
2466:"Leading Article: The Baccarat Case".
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2258:. Annandale, NSW: Federation Press.
2059:. London: Royal Historical Society.
1897:The Richford Becklow Literary Agency
1757:Havers, Grayson & Shankland 1988
1733:Havers, Grayson & Shankland 1988
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344:, where he served gallantly and was
2341:Teignmouth Shore, W., ed. (2006) .
2203:Edward VII: the Last Victorian King
1925:"Jury Room: The Baccarat Scandal".
2612:(2004). "Edward VII (1841–1910)".
2568:. AudioBooksOnline. Archived from
2230:. Harmondsworth, London: Penguin.
926:The Desert Column was part of the
641:was Gordon-Cumming's best man and
216:, where he took part in a game of
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2714:. 24 December 1867. p. 7008.
2368:"Jury Room: The Baccarat Scandal"
2838:19th-century Scottish landowners
2810:Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming
2789:Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming
2780:Baronetage of the United Kingdom
2552:from the original on 31 May 2023
2345:. London: Butterworth & Co.
2206:. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
2019:. New York: St. Martin's Press.
1883:"Katie Fforde". AudioBooksOnline
834:Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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348:; he was the first man to enter
2868:People educated at Eton College
2326:. London: Chatto & Windus.
1970:"The Baccarat Scandal (1960)".
1940:"The Scandal at Tranby Croft".
374:(1882) and in the Sudan in the
2742:. 6 August 1880. p. 4312.
2475:"Sir William Gordon-Cumming".
2461:. 19 February 1891. p. 8.
2182:. London: Souvenir Press Ltd.
1145:"Sir William Gordon-Cumming".
678:Gordon-Cumming as depicted by
260:Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming
1:
2770:. 12 June 1891. p. 3118.
2501:"The Baccarat Scandal (1960)"
2392:"The Scandal at Tranby Croft"
2081:. London: Faber & Faber.
697:and to move to Bridge House,
443:Sir Edward Green, 1st Baronet
324:and was blind in one eye, he
2756:. 5 June 1888. p. 3127.
2728:. 16 May 1871. p. 2350.
2675:UK public library membership
2632:UK public library membership
2323:Bertie: A Life of Edward VII
1955:"The Verdict of the Court".
693:that stage King Edward VII.
320:Although Gordon-Cumming had
189:of 1891. After inheriting a
2452:. 3 March 1891. p. 10.
2141:. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
2075:Cavendish-Bentinck, William
2036:The Wilsons of Tranby Croft
662:. Edward wrote to his son,
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2479:. 21 May 1930. p. 21.
2470:. 10 June 1891. p. 9.
2412:"The Verdict of the Court"
2180:The Royal Baccarat Scandal
2034:Attwood, Gertrude (1988).
832:. It has been attended by
517:(Signed) W. Gordon-Cumming
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2484:"Cumming Takes a Bride".
2443:. 4 June 1891. p. 7.
2434:. 1 June 1891. p. 4.
2280:. London: Jonathan Cape.
2116:Diamond, Michael (2004).
2103:. London: Penguin Books.
1706:"Cumming Takes a Bride".
964:well-known banking family
958:to £10 and engraved with
945:, during the Mahdist War.
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365:Napoléon, Prince Imperial
363:on the death of her son,
232:and Jane Gordon-Cumming.
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2448:"The Baccarat Scandal".
2252:; Higgins, Ruth (eds.).
2122:. London: Anthem Press.
2053:Bruce, A. P. C. (1980).
2038:. London: Hutton Press.
1580:"The Baccarat Scandal".
435:East Riding of Yorkshire
268:Constance Gordon-Cumming
214:East Riding of Yorkshire
2524:Clark, Gregory (2023).
2227:King Edward the Seventh
1895:"Jane Gordon-Cumming".
1808:Cavendish-Bentinck 1937
811:Lady Randolph Churchill
565:Royal Courts of Justice
547:Edward, Prince of Wales
427:Edward, Prince of Wales
346:mentioned in despatches
250:Gordon-Cumming baronets
206:Edward, Prince of Wales
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2642:. National Army Museum
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2590:British Film Institute
2505:British Film Institute
2459:The Manchester Gazette
2361:Journals and magazines
1987:British Film Institute
1972:British Film Institute
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187:royal baccarat scandal
50:Gordon-Cumming in 1891
38:William Gordon-Cumming
18:William Gordon Cumming
2878:Scots Guards officers
2542:"Jane Gordon-Cumming"
2439:"The Baccarat Case".
2430:"The Baccarat Case".
2137:Dixon, David (1991).
1595:"The Baccarat Case".
1541:Teignmouth Shore 2006
1529:Teignmouth Shore 2006
1478:Teignmouth Shore 2006
1463:"The Baccarat Case".
1030:measure of inflation.
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975:Edward's biographer,
935:Charles George Gordon
911:foot guards regiments
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380:Guards Camel Regiment
308:, and the village of
119:Years of service
2374:. 26 September 1965.
2198:Hibbert, Christopher
2100:The Story of my Life
1413:, pp. 280–281;
1028:Consumer Price Index
1015:Consumer Price Index
898:Consumer Price Index
879:Notes and references
292:and became chief of
252:—and Anne Pitcairn (
2863:Nobility from Moray
2398:. 20 September 1971
2386:. 28 December 1991.
2119:Victorian Sensation
1810:, pp. 199–200.
1783:, pp. 116–117.
1723:, pp. 248–249.
1480:, pp. 114–115.
1346:Gordon-Cumming 1871
1334:Gordon-Cumming 1871
1297:, pp. 117–119.
631:Holy Trinity church
545:Gordon-Cumming and
2767:The London Gazette
2753:The London Gazette
2739:The London Gazette
2725:The London Gazette
2711:The London Gazette
2640:"The Scots Guards"
2596:on 28 January 2023
2486:The New York Times
2418:. 23 October 1959.
2302:. London: Murray.
2278:Youth is a Blunder
2095:Clarke, Sir Edward
1985:"Scandal (1975)".
1708:The New York Times
1669:The London Gazette
1309:The London Gazette
1282:The London Gazette
1255:The London Gazette
1228:The London Gazette
996:Also known as the
819:Daisy, Lady Brooke
690:
611:
606:The London Gazette
421:, the 52-year-old
417:In September 1890
372:Anglo-Egyptian War
361:ex-Empress Eugénie
199:lieutenant-colonel
180:Lieutenant-Colonel
160:Anglo-Egyptian War
131:Lieutenant-Colonel
92:Forres, Morayshire
2883:Scottish gamblers
2816:
2815:
2807:Succeeded by
2673:(Subscription or
2630:(Subscription or
2610:Matthew, H. C. G.
2432:Pall Mall Gazette
2352:978-1-84664-787-1
2343:The Baccarat Case
2333:978-0-7011-7614-3
2309:978-0-7195-5631-9
2265:978-1-86287-705-4
2237:978-0-1400-2658-0
2213:978-1-4039-8377-0
2189:978-0-285-62852-6
2148:978-0-19-825616-8
2129:978-1-84331-150-8
2066:978-0-9010-5057-1
2045:978-0-907033-71-4
2026:978-1-250-06914-6
2011:Arnold, Catharine
1597:Pall Mall Gazette
1555:, pp. 35–37.
1421:, pp. 85–86.
1049:William Gascoigne
1045:contempt of court
979:; and the former
656:Marlborough House
639:Coldstream Guards
635:Vesey John Dawson
589:Sir Edward Clarke
586:Solicitor General
465:Tyrwhitt Wilson,
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2586:"Scandal (1975)"
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680:Carlo Pellegrini
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266:; and his aunt,
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2511:on 7 March 2021
2499:
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2246:McHugh, Michael
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981:Lord Chancellor
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928:Nile Expedition
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857:Michael Jayston
807:Sarah Bernhardt
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742:Moray Golf Club
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2572:on 22 May 2014
2566:"Katie Fforde"
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1445:, p. 33;
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1423:
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1389:, p. 172.
1379:
1377:, p. 280.
1362:
1350:
1348:, p. 351.
1338:
1326:
1314:
1299:
1295:Neillands 1996
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1186:
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1167:, p. 286.
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1066:
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985:Michael Havers
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1833:
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1821:
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1798:, p. 88.
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1542:
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1530:
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1518:
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1491:
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1467:
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1456:
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1432:
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1400:
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