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of C opy E 3 Y o nx G A T , W N . LO ND ON, 7 £31 51 / A \ f 1 Q A T H LE ’ S . E N A WHO S WHO A DIRECTOR Y OF THE ISLAND D URING THE CA PTIVITY OF NAPOLE ON A R N O LD C HA P L IN , M . D . F ELLO W O F T H E R OY A L C O LLEG E O F P HY SIC I A N S ' A uth or Of The IZln e cs and Death o Na oleon Thomas Shortt etc f p , , . PUBLISHED BY THE AUTH O R AT 3 YO K G ATE LO NDON R , C O N TEN TS PAGE INT R ODUCTI O N THE ISLAND O ST HELENA AND ITS ADMINISTRATI O N F . (a) M ILITA RY (b) NAV AL (c ) CIV IL TH E POPULATIO N OF ST H ELENA AND TH E EXPENSES . ADM INISTRATI O N THE RESID ENTS AT LONGWOO D A TABLE OF PRECEDENCE IN ST H ELENA . TO POG RAPH ICAL POINTS AND TH E PRINCIPAL ESI DENCES IN , R TH E ISLAND TH E E GIM ENTS I N ST H ELENA R . (a) TH E 2 N D BATTALI O N OF TH E 5 3R D FOOT R E G I MENT (6) TH E 6 6T H FOOT R EG IM ENT (c ) TH E 2 OT H FO OT REG IMENT d TH E ST HELENA EG IM ENTS ( ) . R (e) TH E A RTILLERY AND EN G INEE R S TH E FLAG - SH IPS STATI ONED AT ST H ELENA . ‘ “ ’ TH E T H LENA W O W O S . E H S H ’ A CH RO N OL OG I C AL LIST O F N A POLE ON S V ISITO RS IN ST H ELENA . ’ CH R ON OLOG Y OF TH E EV ENTS AFTE R N A POLE ON S DE A TH ’ TH E CONSTRUCTI ON OF N APO LEO N S TOMB TH E REPORTS OF THE P OST- M ORTEM E XAMI NATI O N TH E A RTISTS IN ST . H ELENA T ’ A S . HELENA WHO S WHO P AG E TABLES OF LO N G E V ITY IN ST H ELENA . THE CASE OF LIEUTENANT REARD O N ’ WHAT HAPPENED AT MASON S STOCK H OUSE ’ THE A IDAVI TS FILE D IN THE CASE OF LOWE v O M EARA FF . S O ME OF TH E LADIES IN ST H ELENA . PORTRA ITS O Fr n tis iec ARCHIBALD ARN TT, M . D . o p e T ac a M RS . BALCOMBE o f e p ge WILLIAM BALCOMBE A LEX ANDE A X E . D R B T R, M . REV . RICHARD BOY S AN U O N . D FR CIS B RT , M . CAPTAIN WILLIAM C R O KA T M AJO R G IDE O N G O RREQUER D R WALTER H ENRY . o o C . B . C L NEL JO HN MANSEL, EAR- ADMI RAL OBERT J PLA M PIN R R . SIR TH OMAS READE LI EUT R H EA RD O N . R CAPTAIN C B H oss . R TH OMAS SH RTT M D O , . A E E L N D J M S V R I G , M . MISS LAURA WIL K S CO LO NEL MA R K WILKS LIEUT H ALE Y O UNG WO R TH AM . R BA LCOM B E M S . HE LE A WH ’ WH A S T. N O S O INTRODUCTION HAVE e book I ventured to print this littl , which con tains information concerning those who lived in St . l He ena during the captivity Of Napoleon , with the hope that it m ay be found useful to those students who share with me the delight afforded by the study Of that period . The book consists Of notes in expanded form , collected from various sources in leisure hours extending over many years . Although great care has been taken to c be a curate , no claim is made to infallibility, and doubt less the experienced reader will note , here and there , the inevitable errors and omissions , the correction Of which will be valued by me as a contribution to bistori cal accuracy . It is doubtful if any period in the life Of any man has been SO minutely recorded as that which covered the captivity Of Napoleon in St . Helena . It is no exaggeration to say that every day is accounted for of on e and, during the first thirty months the time , might, with almost equal truth , substitute hours for days . The memorialists and all who were brought into contact with the Emperor hastened, while the subject was still fresh in the memory, to commit to r . In paper, impressions , rema ks, and conversations deed, during the captivity, the residents in St . Helena were largely employed in letter -writing to friends at home , and at the present day many families have in B 2 ’ A ST . HELENA WHO S WHO their possession treasured papers which record the of ideas and reflections ancestors , after having been honoured by a few words addressed to them by the great Emperor . The difficul ties encountered in attempting to trace o f . o the descendants those in St Helena , alth ugh great , have not been insurmountable . Sometimes success has been Obtained with but little trouble , while some times after a patient work an impas se has been arrived on at , occasioned by the total lack Of interest the part of the descendants applied to . Sometimes also an excellent cold douche has been administered to one ’s vanity when the reply has come from some long - sought as person , somewhat follows I believe you are right - in your belief that my great uncle was in St . Helena, for s s ou I have heard my aunt ay o . Since y are interested in St . Helena you may like to know that Napoleon was a prisoner there Although it is n ot contended that anything startling s r et will be di covered by resea ch Of this kind, y every scrap Of information bearing directly or indirectly on of and the captivity Napoleon possesses some interest , - though only Of the humble spade work variety, has its al If s modest v ue . research Of this kind be neces ary, n ow is f or the time , nearly a hundred years have elapsed since the captivity began , and those who were in hi St . Helena then are represented now by the t rd generation . These, the grandchildren , are passing away r every year, and soon few will be left nea enough to have a vivid interest in the drama in which their forefathers took part . For the collection of portraits and particulars of those connected with St . Helena, application has frequently of re been made to the descendants , but this mode search has formed a part only Of the basis on which of this investigation rests . The history Of the captivity for Napoleon is unique in a way, it possesses that monu INTRODUCTION 3 ment to industry in the Shape of some ninety volumes O f manuscripts in the British Museum, known as the Lowe Papers , wherein almost every act and word connected with the captivity is faithfully recorded . n ot - As if this were enough , there are twenty nine volumes in the Record Office which fill in the few gaps in the Lowe Papers . These records , which must always be regarded as the only firm foundation upon which any work connected with St . Helena , how c an I ever humble , be built, have read and used freely . Until recently nearly all writers dealing with Napoleon P ” in St . Helena have rather neglected the Lowe apers , ’ and Forsyth s History Of the Captivity founded on the Papers has been accepted as an unbiassed of 1 91 2 . summary the subject . But in my friend Mr . M x G L de St . Watson published A Polish E ile with ” on Napoleon, which was based an exhaustive analysis of the Lowe Papers, and he has shown conclusively that it is by no means safe to accept blindly Forsyth ’s able advocacy of the policy of the British Authorities . The work Mr . Watson has accomplished in his minute P criticism Of the Lowe apers is invaluable , and to Of him , in common with all students the captivity, I am his for deeply indebted , not only for book , but the ready way in which he has given me the benefit Of his able criticism and advice . It has always appeared to me that a small Directory, ’ o r of c a Who s Who , those connected with the p tivity Of Napoleon would serve a useful purpose in saving the time and trouble required in searching for or names , particular occurrences . Although the Lowe Papers are amply sufficient to inform us as to the status or line Of conduct of almost all the residents in . or St Helena at that time , there are no books records in collected form which tell u S anything about their r careers , and if information be desi ed regarding any 4 ’ A ST . HELENA WHO S WHO e person figuring in the history Of the captivity, a s arch of T some hours is Of ten required . O fill this apparent of want, therefore , is the Object this little work, and I S have endeavoured, however imperfectly, to give hort biographies Of the people connected with the detention on e m Of Napoleon , and to gather together in volu e other information likely to prove useful to the student of that period .

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