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

More on Prince Victor Duleep Singh and the Curse of the Carnarvons: The Final Twists

 More on Prince Victor Duleep Singh 

And the Curse of the Carnarvons

The Final Twists

A NEW BOOK IN 2022

                                     Homage To A Prince

By Almina, Countess of Carnarvon

Cimetière de Monaco: La Colle

Cimeterre De Monaco

"During Lady Carnarvon’s  widowhood we spent many summer holidays of  the 1950s and 1960s at  Monte Carlo.

 There was  always one afternoon set aside when only my mother knew about Almina’s plans.   JTS was sent off to play golf.

Almina looked as though she was going to a funeral, all dressed in black, with a dark veil covering her face.

 A taxi  collected her from the  villa,  I escorted the Countess outside and handed her a bunch of seasonal flowers.

My mother told  me years later that on these mystery trips Almina went to  pay  her respects to Prince Duleep Singh at his grave high up in Monte Carlo’s Cemetery.”

Tony Leadbetter Interviews : 2009-2019

NAMES MENTIONED ABOVE

Almina -5^th Countess of Carnarvon

Tony Leadbetter -Almina’s godson who lived with her for 30 years

Tony’s mother – Anne Leadbetter –Almina’s companion for 30 years

JTS –Almina’s beau 1939-1963

 An extract from “ More on Prince Victor Duleep Singh and the Curse of the Carnarvons: The Final Twists” by William Cross, FSA Scot  (2022).

 

 

Any queries, please contact 

William Cross FSA Scot 

by email

williecross@aol.com

 

David Sox: The Man Who Knew Too Much- An Investigation by William Cross, FSA Scot

 

Highclere Insider - David Sox

The Man Who Knew Too Much

         An Investigation  

 By William Cross, FSA Scot

 

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

In the 1990s, in the aftermath of being snubbed for unprofessional conduct by his colleagues in the Turin Shroud Community, Rev. H. David Sox, author and part time clergyman, took a job as a visitor guide at Highclere Castle (the backdrop to ʻDownton Abbey’).

Sox, an American by birth, soon had his feet under the table and proved a popular figure with tourists and the 7th Earl and Countess of Carnarvon.

The new guide soon saw an opportunity to endear himself to his employers by suggesting a biography of Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon, the 7th Earl’s beloved ʻgranny’ and the widow of the 5th Earl, of ʻOld King Tut’ fame.

Sox’s research went ahead and with access to the Highclere Archives he collected information and interviewed a dozen people who knew Almina. There were skeletons in Almina’s closet, Sox found himself the man who knew too much. One controversy arose around tales of Almina’s only son, Porchey later the 6th Earl of Carnarvon, that his true father was Prince Victor Duleep Singh, a close friend of the 5th Earl and son of the last Maharaja of Lahore.

In a letter written by Sox he confided the paternity issue to Almina’s godson, Tony Leadbetter, implying he had found something in the Highclere Archives about it. But had he? The Carnarvons dithered about what they should do next. In a clever stroke, in order to provoke a result, Sox sent his manuscript around the world to would be publishers. What happened thereafter and the bizarre events ever since, has given rise to decades of leaks, questions and prevarication.

William Cross, FSA Scot, author of several books on the Carnarvons, investigates and reveals a trail of lies, deceit and hypocrisy.

ISBN 10 1905914741 ISBN 13 9781905914746

ENQUIRIES : PLEASE EMAIL WILLIAM CROSS

williecross@aol.com

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

David Sox : Highclere Guide : Some Secrets Are NO Secrets At All

 

                          

                              Highclere Castle, Berkshire : Seat of the Carnarvon/Herbert family

Highclere Castle Guide :  David Sox

Some Secrets Are No Secrets At All

 

David Sox ( 1936-2016) – full name  Rev. Harold David Sox  was a guide at Highclere Castle for close on  3 years.

 

Highclere is,  of course,  the Carnarvon– Herbert family seat near Newbury, in Berkshire. Now-a-days the backdrop to TV and Movieland’s  famous Downton Abbey.

                                                           Prince Victor Duleep Singh

In the 1990s and the decades that followed :

It was NO SECRET amongst some of Highclere’s  senior staff  that Prince Victor Duleep Singh  was the father of Henry,  the 6^th Earl of Carnarvon (Almina’s only son)

It was NO SECRET amongst tenants  living on the Highclere Estate that Prince Victor Duleep Singh  was the father of Henry,  the 6^th Earl of Carnarvon (Almina’s only son)

It was NO SECRET amongst many in the ranks of the British Aristocracy that Prince Victor Duleep Singh  was the father of Henry,  the 6^th Earl of Carnarvon, (only son of the 5^th Countess, Almina).

 

Henry, 6th Earl of Carnarvon

                                       In Short

      Some Secrets Are NO SECRETS At All

 

More in a New Book In 2022

“ David Sox: Highclere Insider

The Man Who Knew Too Much”

 An Investigation by William  Cross, FSA Scot

                        ISBN 13 9781905914746

ENQUIRIES : PLEASE CONTACT  THE AUTHOR WILLIAM CROSS, FSA SCOT 

BY EMAIL

 

williecross@aol.com 

 

William Cross is the Author of several books on the Carnarvons of Highclere Castle including   the best selling  " The Life and Secrets of Almina Carnarvon" -from 2011 - the first published biography of the Countess.