·        George was not the first-born son of the Fourth Earl and Countess of Carnarvon. His elder brother was still born in 1862.

·        George went to preparatory school at Brighton, attended Eton College and later attempted entry into both Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

·        George was a pupil at Jimmies, the famous crammer in London’s Cromwell Road, at the same time at Winston Churchill.

·        George spoke fluent French and German.

·        His father, the Fourth Earl of Carnarvon, refused George his “coming of age” celebrations in 1887.

·        George was an accomplished conjuror and played the banjo.

·        George’s Mother Lady Evelyn, the 4^th Countess of Carnarvon was a Lady in Waiting to Princess Alexandra, the Princess of Wales ( later Queen Alexandra).

·        George’s father,  Henry, the 4^th Earl served as a Cabinet Minister to three Prime Ministers in Victorian England.

·        George’s mother made her mark on the gentry’s society as a Tory grande dame and hostess , she was the toast of many a London season.

·        George’s beloved mother died when he was just eight years old. He was raised by surrogate aunts and servants.

·        George’s father, took a second wife Elizabeth Howard ( known as Elsie ) aged 22 when he was turning 46. George never warmed to his stepmother,  besides which they were all “cousins”.

·        George’s family genes were riddled with disease affecting the succeeding generations

These facts are developed in full in

 Lordy! Tutankhamun’s Patron As A Young Man,

A new book by William Cross, FSA Scot, Author of The Life and Secrets of Almina Carnarvon .

With An Introduction By Alfred Jones Ph.D

A Sensational Epilogue

The controversial Epilogue to the book considers

The Mosquito Bite! How Did Carnarvon Die? Suffice to say it was Not a Mosquito that caused the Earl’s demise

Correcting the Historical Record: The Sloppy Death Record of  Lord Carnarvon’s Death in Cario in 1923.

Homos at Highclere :  Were Carnarvon and Carter gay lovers?

Lady Almina, Lordy’s widow  Speaks Out

Lady Almina ignored the accounts of bites and curses; no historian or commentator ever noted her input on the Egyptian years until long after her death....but as pointed out in “ The Life and Secrets of Almina Carnarvon”   “ she [ Almina] was none the less fascinated by the published material on her husband and Carter. She was blase about some, but overtly hostile to others remarking..that the narratives were often inaccurate. She declared "it was nothing like that....no, nothing like that at all"......”   

The Truth Is Now Revealed in

Lordy!

Tutankhamun’s Patron As A Young Man

Contact William Cross by e-mail for more details  about

Lordy! Tutankhamun’s Patron As A Young Man

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