The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall

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The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall

The Brown Lady is believed to be Dorothy Walpole Townshed. She was the sister of Sir Robert Townshed, the first prime minister of England. In 1712, Dorothy married Lord Charles at the age of 26, after his first wife died. The two had been childhood sweethearts. But, when Charles discovered the Dorothy had been the mistress of Lord Wharton, he had her imprisoned in her room. Different versions of the story have different versions of her demise; one being small pox, another being small pox, and the last falling down a flight of stairs.

When Charles's grandson came to be marquess in 1786, he became known for his extraordinary parties he held for other high society people. An added bonus for visitors would be trying to find Dorothy's ghost, who was said to be walking the grounds carrying a lamp. She has been seen in a brown dress, illuminating the dark halls of her former home. Her name came from the dress she is always seen in.

George IV went to Raynham in the early 1800's to stay at the weekend. In the middle of the night, he was awakened by a woman in a brown dress staring at him. He vowed to never return to Raynham Hall.

In 1835, Colonel Loftus, staying to Raynham over Christmas, saw the ghost twice in two days. The second time, he saw her on the stair case, carrying a lamp. He drew a sketch of her, which featured hollow eye sockets. A Captain Frederick Marryant also saw Dorothy, and followed her. She turned to face him, and smiled an evil grin, and he fired his gun at her. It went right through her and was lodged into a heavy door.

She disappeared for 91 years.

In 1926, she returned to the then Marquess Townshed, who was a child at the time. Ten years later, Lady Townshed hired a photographer to take pictures of the interior of Raynham. Indra Shira was the man they hired, and he did his job without incident. When he was developing the film, re saw that he had captured a ghostly figure of a woman descending the stairs. He had captured the Brown Lady. The photograph appeared in Life magazine on December 1, 1936. It shows a woman wearing a wedding gown and veil.

Some claim that Queen Elizabeth II has seen Dorothy several times as well. Apparently, when a cold rush of air strikes from nowhere at night is the signal of the appearance of the Brown Lady, and the Queen's dogs begin barking frantically. Also, in the 1950's, a famous race car driver sat up all night waiting with his dogs for the phantom to appear. He didn't see her, but the dogs, reacted to some kind of presence in the room.