Record

Document Reference	Ga 2 E 1563
Title	Letter from Sir Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton (1844-1922) to George Edmund Milnes Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway; 10 Sep. 1893
Date	10 September 1893
Extent	2 ff (plus envelope)
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Concerning the Ardlamont murder in August 1893, when Cecil Hambrough was killed by a gun shot to the head. Alfred John Monson was arrested for the murder, and the case came to trial in December 1893. Middleton states that opinion is divided between Monson [Alfred John Monson] being the guilty party, and Scott [Edward Scott] showing his guilt by bolting. Is sorry that he didn't hear what Wingfield Malcolm had to say on the matter. Feels sorry for Monson's mother [Hon. Caroline Isabella Monson, née Monckton, daughter of the 5th Viscount Galway] and the rest of the family. Ga 2 E 1563/2: Envelope addressed to The Viscount Galway, Serlby Hall, Bawtry, Yorkshire. Postmarked York 10 Sep. 1893.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA27833	Willoughby; Digby Wentworth Bayard (1844-1922); 9th Baron Middleton; succeeded 1877	1844-1922
DS/UK/82602	Monson; Caroline Isabella (-1922); Honourable; née Monckton; daughter of 5th Viscount Galway; married Rev. Thomas John Monson 1856; mother of Alfred John Monson who stood trial for murder in 1893	-1922
DS/UK/82600	Monson; Alfred John (1860-); son of Reverend Thomas John Monson and Hon. Caroline Isabella Monckton; tried for murder in 1893	1860-
DS/UK/82604	Hambrough; Windsor Dudley Cecil (1873-1893); victim in murder trial of A.J. Monson 1893	1873-1893
DS/UK/82603	Scott; Edward (fl 1893); alias Edward Sweeney; bookmerker's clerk of London; suspect in the murder of Cecil Hambrough 1893;	fl 1893