Tutankhamun : 90 Years On

Tutankhamun:  A New Book About Lord Carnarvon on the 90th Anniversary Year of the Historic Find in Egypt

LORDY! TUTANKHAMUN'S PATRON AS A YOUNG MAN 

BY WILLIAM CROSS, FSA SCOT

In this retrospective on the 5th Earl, William Cross ( biographer of Lady Carnarvon) offers a portrait of his very early days within a family saga, based on diaries and correspondence of the 4th Earl, Lordy’s father. Here, is Lord Carnarvon in a fresh light, one that has hitherto been buried as deep as the entrance to Tutankhamun’s tomb. Indeed, Lordy’s father and stepmother, Elsie Howard, butchered parts of the diaries, removing scores of pages, and Elsie arranged the publication of a watered-down biography of her husband, so keen were they to bury family secrets.  Thankfully plenty of evidence about Lordy was not erased, and it is through detailed research that Cross is able to present this account.

 

 

The book will be published by on 1 September 2012 @ £15.00 UK ONLY: Overseas Postage add  Europe £5.50 Other £9.50

ISBN 978-1-905914-05-0

 

CONTACT WILLIAM CROSS BY E-MAIL

williecross@aol.com

 

 

More Facts About George Edward Stanhope Monyneux Herbert, Lord Carnarvon of Tutankahmun Fame

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

 

  • George’s father,  Henry, the 4th 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.

 

  • George was raised by surrogates 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”.

 

 

 

 

Lord Carnarvon Of Tutankhamun Fame

Facts you might not know     about:

George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert ( 1866-1923) Lord Carnarvon of Tutankhamun Fame

  • George was born in  London at the Carnarvon home of 66 Grosvenor Street, in 1866.

  • Almost all biographies say ( incorrectly) that he was born at Highclere Castle.

  • George was not the first-born son of the Fourth Earl and Countess of Carnarvon.

  • George's  elder brother was still born in 1862.

  • George went to preparatory school at Brighton.

  • George 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.