David Sox -Highclere Insider- The Man Who Knew Too Much

 

                             David Sox -Highclere Insider- The Man Who Knew Too Much

Highclere Insider : David Sox

The Man Who Knew Too Much

 A NEW BOOK 

 CONTENTS

                         Due for Publication in 2022

                          By William Cross, FSA Scot

William Cross is the author of “The Life and Secrets of Almina Carnarvon”  ( 2011)  - the first published account that raised  the question of the paternity issue involving Henry “Porchey” the 6^th Earl of Carnarvon.

 

Book Chapters in Outline currently  include:

 

Who  was David Sox? A Biographical Sketch including his life/ career in USA and UK and anecdotes from people who knew him.

 

David Sox and his links with the Shroud of Turin.

 

The Betrayal of Trust by David  Sox: The Conspiracy  re: The  Carbon Dating of the Turin Shroud : 1988

 

BBC Timewatch : David Sox As A Documentary  Presenter – An Insight from the director/producer NC

 

David Sox As Author of books on  The Turin Shroud, Bohemian Artists,   Art Forgeries and  The Quakers - Reviews

 

Highclere Castle – Seat of the Carnarvon Family : A Pictorial  History

 

A Note on Highclere Castle’s  Earls and Countesses –  Lords- Ladies- Sinners and Bastards

 

Opening Up Highclere Castle to the General  Public- 7^th Earl of Carnarvon- From 1988

 

Early  Biographies of Almina,  5^th Countess of Carnarvon 1990-2006 by Winstone/ OH

 

The Paternity Question : Henry   6^th Earl of Carnarvon  And Prince Victor Duleep Singh :  “A Mess of Pottage” – Who knew of the rumour/gossip  and when? A further appraisal.

 

1994 : David Sox Becomes a Guide at Highclere Castle

 

1996 : The  Proposed Biography of Almina Carnarvon by David Sox 

 

Tony Leadbetter  - Leadbetter’s Collection of Almina memorabilla, his history and interaction with  Sox and Almina’s other biographers Winstone/OH/Cross

 

1996 : The Great Deceit : An appraisal of the infamous letter on what Sox  claimed he found in Highclere Archives – first mentioned in Cross’ 2011 Almina biography

 

1996-2001 : David Sox  Unmasked : The Aftermath  of Sox’s Biography of Almina  : “The Man Who Knew Too Much”

 

A Review by WPC of the Sox Biography of Almina – Why Highclere could never publish the Sox manuscript

 

2001 and 2006: Some of Almina Carnarvon’s Secret Life Exposed in Two Books

 

2011 : Two New Biographies  Published on Almina, Countess of Carnarvon one by William Cross, FSA Scot, the other by Highclere Castle for Downton Abbey fans

 

2012 : “Lordy! ” A Book on the 5^th Earl of Carnarvon Published – The new evidence on the paternity question

 

2013 : “Catherine and Tilly: Porchey Carnarvon’s Two Duped Wives” -Published- More new evidence on the paternity question

 

2013 – The Documentary That Never Was: Broken Promises and Missed Chances

 

2016-2022 – Obituaries on David Sox and Reflections ( gathered by William Cross)  by those who knew him, friends and foes

 

2016 – “Carnarvon,  Carter and Tutankhamn Revisted” – Published-  additional new evidence on the paternity question revealed

 

2019 : “ Prince Victor Duleep Singh and The Curse of the Carnarvons” –Published  new evidence added on the paternity question

 

2019 –  To date : Interest Sparked by a New Documentary to come in 2022-

 

2022 – Revisiting the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin – Easter 2022

 

2022 – A New Book “ More on Prince Victor Duleep Singh and The Curse of the Carnarvons” The Final Twists – From William Cross, FSA Scot

Epilogue, Conclusions,  Last Thoughts

Appendices: Various : Verbatim Testimonies: Including  evidence revealed  to WPC ( on tape) then  withheld by some too scared to  go public on what they know

Enquiries - Please contact the Author William Cross 

                                        By email

                                williecross@aol.com

David Sox : Highclere Guide : A Snake In The Grass

                                                                                                        

                                         David Sox

A Snake In The Grass

                                

Rev H. David Sox  was  a part-time clergyman,  author of books on the Shroud of Turin. 

In the 1990s, in the shadow of being snubbed for unprofessional antics by his former colleagues in the Shroud Community, Sox took a job as a visitor guide at Highclere Castle (the backdrop to TV's "Downton Abbey").   

During his long association with  Shroud history Sox was charged with deceit,  of underhand methods of research and leaking secret data to the press. He scored a big success with one of his books on the authenticity of the  Shroud  by including classified information that was not to be published.   

Sox was the ultimate snake in the grass. Always waiting, but ready to pounce.

Yet, he was an engaging, dapper,  and convincing character and popular with everyone at Highclere Castle working for the 7th Earl and Countess of Carnarvon.  

That was David Sox's style, to "look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it". 

He very soon had his feet under the dining room table sitting pretty like  King Charles I on his horse.

Highclere clearly knew nothing about Sox's chequered past. 

Before too long Sox saw an opportunity to  write a biography of  Almina, 5th Countess of Carnarvon, the Earl’s beloved ‘granny’ – the widow of the 5th Earl of Old King Tut fame.

The idea of Sox’s biography received the green light. He was given unfettered access to Highclere Archives, and although Almina had died aged 93, in 1969, there were many people still alive who knew her  and numerous sources to tap into about her extraordinary life and times.

Sox's research went ahead and he interviewed many of Almina's family, friends and deadly enemies. 

Almina had many skeletons in the closet.

The material supplied to Sox by Almina's godson, the late Tony Leadbetter, was highly controversial, laced with details of Almina's  colourful life that Highclere could never let enter the public domain. 

To dwarf  that,  several people told Sox of  the rumours around one issue that was the most damning and damaging - that Almina's only son was illegitimate. 

Sox claimed he'd found in Highclere Archives details of this  a scandal relating to the paternity of the 6th Earl of Carnarvon.

The Rev. H. David Sox had his big headline grab for a book and knew it was a money spinner. 

But  Sox  was the " The Man Who Knew Too Much"

Did Sox - an expert on forgery and fakers- really find anything incriminating in Highclere Archives?

Who knows the truth? Who is willing to tell what they know? Who is too scared ?

It is time to settle this part of Highclere’s history once and for all.

NB : A new book in 2022 will provide the answers. 

"Highclere Insider - David Sox : The Man Who Knew Too Much"

ISBN 9781905914746

https://highclere-truths.yolasite.com/

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Enquiries about this article contact williecross@aol.com