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Friends of St Helena: New Facebook Page
The Friends of St Helena has just launched a new facebook page, the work I imagine of Ian Bruce who is making great changes to the internet profile of the Friends.I really liked the set of photos taken...
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British Radicals and the Captivity of Napoleon: Smithfield 1819
Meeting at Smithfield, London, 22nd July 1819"Napoleon I esteem the most illustrious and eminent man of the present age, both as a profound statesman and a brave and matchless general. Although he...
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New Longwood House
The new house built for Napoleon at Longwood - a mid nineteenth century view. Longwood House was always intended to be a temporary residence, and on 17th May 1816 Sir Hudson Lowe told Napoleon that the...
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Exminster Devon, May 1822: Betsy Balcombe's Wedding
Exminster Parish Church Register, May 28th 1822. (For a better image click on the above). Transcript: Edward Abell Esquire, Bachelor of the Parish of St Gregory London and Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe...
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The Emperor's Last Campaign - A Review
The Emperor's Last Campaign: A Napoleonic Empire in America - Emilio Ocampo This is a fascinating and important book which provides a totally new perspective on Napoleon's captivity on St Helena....
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Madame Colin: A Tribute
Alix Colin, née Olivier, (1891-1942) On Michel's blog I have recently read the moving story of Madame Colin, wife of one of the former curators of the French Properties on St Helena. I feel it is well...
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The Archambault Brothers: A Postscript
I have recently been contacted by Wade Krawczyk from Australia who has in his possession a pair of silk stockings which were evidently sold by Napoleon Archambault who attested that they once belonged...
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Endemics of St Helena
Trochetiopsis ebenus Michel has recently put two interesting posts on M. Dancoisne-Martineau - artiste peintre. One contains beautiful paintings of the endemics of St Helena. The other contains his...
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Napoleon, Science and the Egyptian Campaign
Hels's blog is entitled "ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly", so although I follow it I have not included a permanent link here. Her latest blog, posted tomorrow (she is in Australia!), is well worth reading...
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An American at Waterloo: The DeLanceys, Wellington and Hudson Lowe
Colonel Sir William Howe DeLancey, KCB (1778 - 1815) Born into a wealthy New York Loyalist family, originally French Huguenots from Caen, Colonel DeLancey was named after William Howe, Commander in...
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Thomas Moore: "To Sir Hudson Lowe"
Thomas Moore, Irish Poet (1779-1852) A friend of Lord Byron and of Lord John Russell, the future Whig Prime Minister who had visited Napoleon on Elba, Thomas Moore published the poem, "To Sir Hudson...
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The End for the St Helena Independent
The St Helena Independent has announced that the next issue will be its last. Its demise seems to have been occasioned by the decision of the Government to start a new newspaper, and no longer to buy...
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April Fools Day: St Helena Airport and The Ashcroft Connection
Sunday Mirror - All Fools' Day 2012 In 2010 the new coalition Government announced that it would reverse Labour's postponement and would spend some £200 million on building an airport on St Helena....
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Images of Napoleon on his Deathbed
Little known drawing by Lieutenant Guy Rotton of the 20th FootTrevor Hearl Collection, Bodleian Library, Oxford I have been looking at a recent article by Albert Benhamou which discusses various...
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Tom Conti Related to Napoleon
Yesterday's Observer revealed that a Scottish DNA project has found that actor Tom Conti, the laid back star of films such as Reubem, Reuben and Shirley Valentine is related to Napoleon.Conti's father...
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New Books on Captivity of Napoleon on St Helena
Two new books about Napoleon's Captivity are shortly to be published. First to appear will be Albert Benhamou's latest book, InsideLongwood: Barry O'Meara's Clandestine Letters which publishes the...
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The St Helena Independent Makes a Lazarus Like Recovery
Somewhat old news now, but for completeness I really should report the resurrection of the St Helena Independent at the end of April, barely a month after the demise that was solemnly reported here and...
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Royal Visit to Emperor Napoleon's Last Home
Royal Family Arrving at Longwood House, 29 April 1947 At a time when the United Kingdom is celebrating the 60 year reign of Elizabeth II, Michel Martineau has published some little known photos of the...
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The Whigs and Napoleon
Charles James Fox (1749-1806) ,Whig leader. He had three interviews with Napoleon after the Treaty of Amiens(1802). They disagreed about freedom of the press and conscription, but Fox was convinced...
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St Helena Airport and the Crisis in the Tourist Industry
Image of St Helena's planned new airport buldingSince the appearance of Simon Pipes' very active blog, St Helena Online, I have felt less need to comment on current events on St Helena. I felt though...
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