Mr. Dyce Sombre's Refutation of the charge of lunacy brought against him in the court of Chancery / [David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre].

  • Dyce Sombre, David Ochterlony, 1808-1851.
Date:
1849
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Credit: Mr. Dyce Sombre's Refutation of the charge of lunacy brought against him in the court of Chancery / [David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that the said George Alexander Dyce (who, as this deponent has been informed and verily believes, died at Calcutta aforesaid, in on about the month of April, in the year 1838), and his late wife, Juliana Dyce, who died many years prior to her husband’s death, and as this deponent has been informed and believes, sometime in on about the year 1820. “And this deponent further saith, that it was a matter of ge¬ neral notoriety, and acknowledged fact, that the said Juliana Dyce was, as this deponent has always understood, and verily believes, the only child of the only son, and child of the said Ge¬ neral Sombre, born of his first union, prior to that which was subsequently had with the Begum Sombre. And this deponent further saith, that he believes that the said David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre derived from the gift, or Will, or other dispositions of her said late Highness the Begum Sombre large possessions and real estates, and considerable property and effects.” And from my being about the person of Her Highness the Begum, ever since my return from school, I was invariably brought under the notice of the great public men of the day, such as Lord Amherst, the late Lord William Bentinck, Governor- Generals of India; Sir the Honourable Edward Paget, Viscount Combermere, the late Earl of Dalhousie, Sir Edward Barnes and others, who have held chief commands in the Indian army. I am specially indebted to Visct. Combermere, to whom I was first introduced at the siege of Bhurtpore, where the Begum had accompanied the British Besident, the late Lord Metcalfe; and it was very gratifying to me when I arrived in England to find his Lordship taking interest in my welfare ; so it was not my riches that introduced me into society in England. Here is a very extraordinary letter of Sir Charles Trevelyan’s, dated Clapham, August 19, 1843, with the affidavit which fol¬ lows. Thev run thus: “ Sir, “The Honourable Court of Directors are aware that I served them for twelve years in India in the political department to