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The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is one of the most famous hauntings in Britain, this is mainly down to the strange form captured by photographers from Country Life magazine in 1936. Before that event the Brown Lady had been reported several times, but many of the written accounts vary considerably. The hall dates from the 17th century, and has.


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According to legend, The Brown Lady is the ghost of Lady Dorothy Townshend (née Walpole), sister of Britain's generally considered First Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole, member of the aristocratic Walpole family, and aunt of antiquarian and gothic revivalist Horace Walpole. Dorothy was born in Norfolk in 1686 and married into the Townshend.


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Some 85 years ago, a picture of the fabled 'Brown Lady' of Raynham was taken by Country Life photographers. Was it really the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole, an 18th-century mistress of the manor? Caitlin Blackwell Baines takes a look, and tells tales of how many struggling country house owners have found that ghosts help them to stay connected to a more illustrious past.


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The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is a ghost that reportedly haunts Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England. It became one of the most famous hauntings in the United Kingdom when photographers from Country Life magazine claimed to have captured its image. The "Brown Lady" is so named because of the brown brocade dress it is claimed she wears.


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According to legend, the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole, sister of Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister. She married Charles Townshend, lord of Raynham Hall, and is said to have committed adultery with a fellow lord. Although legal records state that she died and was buried in 1726, legend has it.


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Perhaps one of the most famous haunting in Norfolk is the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall. According to legend, the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole (1686-1726), the sister of Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister. She was the second wife of Charles Townshend, a man notorious for his violent temper.


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Nearly a century later, in 1926, Lady Townshend said her son and his friend saw the "Brown Lady" on a staircase, claiming that the ghost they saw was the woman in a painting hanging in the haunted room—Lady Dorothy. Ten years later, on September 19, 1936, the most famous sighting of the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall occurred.


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According to legend, the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is the lost ghost of Dorothy Walpole. She was born in 1686 and according to gossip, the prettiest sister of Robert Walpole, seen as the first.


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The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is a ghost, which reportedly haunts Raynham Hall in Norfolk. It became one of the most famous hauntings in Great Britain when photographers from Country Life magazine claimed to have captured its image. The "Brown Lady" is so named because of the brown brocade dress it is claimed she wears.


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According to legend, the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is the lost ghost of Dorothy Walpole. She was born in 1686 and according to gossip, the prettiest sister of Robert Walpole, seen as the first prime minister of Great Britain. Walpole was neighbour with Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townsend in Norfolk. And it just so happened that his sister.


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Related: The Ghost of Ocean Born Mary: New Hampshire's Most Famous Legend. The first ghostly sighting occurred during a Christmas celebration at Raynham in 1835. A guest claimed to have seen a lady wandering the halls in a brown dress. Another corroborated the sighting, adding that when he had approached her in the hall, she turned to him.


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The Brown Lady's legend continues to thrive, with reports of sightings and strange occurrences persisting. Furthermore, visitors and staff at Raynham Hall report unexplained sounds, ghostly apparitions, and a general sense of unease in certain parts of the hall. These experiences keep the legend alive, drawing the curious and the brave.


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The first recorded sighting of the Brown Lady occurred during a Christmas gathering at Raynham Hall in 1835. Colonel Loftus and a guest named Hawkins were retiring for the night when they encountered a woman in a brown dress. Loftus later recounted, "Her face, it glowed with a light, but her eyes, they were empty, like darkened sockets.".


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The legend of the Brown Lady was not a product of the infamous photograph, but has been part of Norfolk lore for centuries; the ghost captured on film has supposedly been a constant presence at Raynham Hall, Norfolk since the 19 th century.. The haunting figure is frequently referred to by two names online, namely Lady Dorothy Walpole (1686-1726) or 'Lady Townsend'.

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