How a 1672 tragedy may have influenced the raising of Dido Elizabeth Belle

Prompted by an email from a reader, David Lear, this article takes us back long before the Georgian era. We begin in 1672, on the island of Guernsey, inside the 800-year-old walls of Castle Cornet, which was at the time, the official residence of Governor, Sir Christopher Hatton. His household included his mother, his sisters, Continue reading How a 1672 tragedy may have influenced the raising of…