Sloppy Record
of Lord Carnarvon’s Death
in 1923
Earl's Death Certificate
Has Many Errors
The death certificate of George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, certified on 5 April 1923 by Fletcher Barrett, MB BS (London), a Cairo physician, contains numerous errors including blunders over the 5th Earl’s name, date of birth and the duration of his last illness. Lord Carnarvon’s name is given as Henry George Stanhope instead of George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert. Lord Carnarvon’s date of birth is given as 22 June 1865 instead of 26 June 1866. The duration of the final illness is given as 8 days instead of the 19 days i.e between 18 March and 5 April 1923. Moreover the evidence suggests the mishap with the mosquito must have been on before 14 March 1923, since Carnarvon left Luxor ( for Cairo ) that day. The cause of death is given as “Pneumonia”. Legend records of course that this was the consequence of blood-poisoning caused by the bite of an insect, probably a mosquito, at Luxor during the excavations. Given Almina’s testimony ( revealed for the first time in the book Lordy! Tutankhamun’s Patron As A Young Man, by William Cross, FSA Scot) this official cause of death is now discredited. Moreover, the fables perpetrated at the same time of a dog dying, spooky power cuts and apparitions appearing rank as examples of the relentless out pouring of Carnarvon scurrilousness and deception and hokum, fuelled by the allure by journalists for a frivolous story and which helped the Carnarvons dodge the harrowing truth.
Legend records that some notable physicians were summoned to Cairo’s Continental Hotel to relieve the Earl’s final suffering. These men included Dr William Fletcher- Barrett and Dr Frank Cole Madden as well as Carnarvon’s own attendant, Dr Marcus Johnston. They did all that medical science knew to provide palliative care. The Earl’s respiration was artificially maintained as long as possible and his heart was stimulated. But medical science could not cure him. Almina was not present at first during the Earl’s last trip to the tomb. But the Countess travelled at speed to Egypt to be at her husband’s side. “ I am a nurse, my place is beside my husband” she exclaimed. Almina could do nothing, she knew the truth about Carnarvon’s final savage illness. Lady Evelyn Herbert was terrified that a true account of Lord Carnarvon’s health would appear in the newspapers. There had to be a lie, a smokescreen to divert attention away from the true facts being reported, the Curse of Tutankhamun was born, but the Curse of the Carnarvons had only just begun.
Lord Carnarvon's Death Certificate
Sloppy Errors As To the Earl's Name, Date of Birth and Duration of Last Illness
Lady Almina
Carnarvon's Widow Speaks Out
Ninety Year Mystery Now Resolved
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 she 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"...... Now, at long last the truth is revealed in a new book. Lordy! Tutankhamun's Patron As A Young Man by William Cross, FSA Scot, the author of The Life and Secrets of Almina Carnarvon.
History must now be rewritten!
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