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Dear Sir Anthony 

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Was there ever a "real" Scarlet Pimpernel?

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Im sure that there are many for example Dame Elizabeth Sparrow who  thought  so.  No doubt also many  who have tried to identify him some of whom were in the spy services .   IMaybe,  plausible candidates have been considered or suggested.​

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I, quite  by chance, may have found a highly plausible candidate.  He was a very wealthy aristocrat, and definitely  in France in 1790, and perhaps 1792  with a man who appears to play a role in his life not to dissimilar  to Sir Andrew FFoulkes.  There is more.   

 

Do you know anyone who is well informed about espionage and what was going on in France at this time who might be interested. 

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Nigel King 

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​Att the Literary Editor and anyone interested in Jane Austen  

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Dear sir,

 

16th December 2025 is the  250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth.  Its possible therefore that your organisation maybe interested in an original  totally new Jane Austen story.  This story is based upon  my research into her life and work and from which I make 3 claims that are backed with a substantial amount of supporting evidence.  I believe the evidence I have uncovered will withstand  the strongest scrutiny you can muster.

 

In brief below are basic  outlines of my  3 claims  

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1) I claim to have found a man whom I believe was the "real" Mr. Darcy.  Virtually everything that Jane Austen tells us about Darcy  are attributes that pertain to him in real life.  And there is more. For example Members of the family of his brother in law, together with his best friend from the same family must have been known to some members of Jane Austen's  immediate family.

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2)  I believe there are hundreds of mainly anagram puzzles based around names. A good solver of cryptic crossword anagram puzzles with perhaps a little instruction in the methodology of their solutions will replicate most if not everything I claim to have found.  I would also point out that the big clue for discovering these anagram puzzles based around names was the realisation that the name Darcy was a very neat and simple way to disguise the identity of  the man I think was the "real " Mr. Darcy

 

 3) Finally something is going on with numbers.  For example the numbers 1,2,3,  is the only group of 3 numbers which whether multiplied or added together equal the same number ie. 6.  The sequence 1,2,3, and 6  appears in chapter 1 paragraph 1 of Northanger Abbey.   

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If you would like to know more then in the first instance please ring 

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Dear John Mullan

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To the elites of the world  outsiders generally have nothing to teach.  But occasionally  an outsider approaches a subject from a different perspective and makes important  discoveries.  Such, I believe  is the case with myself in relation to Jane Austen and her work and why I am emailing yourself  and anyone who you care to share this with.

 

I make 3 claims and I think I have an abundance of evidence to support each claim. 

 

Claim No. 1 

 

I claim that something unusual is going on with the way she uses numbers.  You can see this for yourself by noting down the numbers in her works beginning with "The Watsons" followed by "Sanditon" and then the first 7 chapters of Northanger Abbey.  If you wish for something a little speedier write down and study the numbers as used  in Chapter 6 Pride and Prejudice.  For there is something to see and perhaps more to find. 

 

Claim No. 2

 

I claim that there are anagram puzzles based around the names she uses and relates in some way to the text or context  in which it appears. Most names  if not all have at least one anagram to be found if looked at in the right way. 

For example "  You remember the Gregorys; they are grown up amazing fine girls, but they will hardly speak to me, because Lucy is courted by a lieutenant."

Why has Jane Austen chosen that particular name for that particular sentence?  Any other name could have been used without changing the sense and meaning but only Gregorys will do.  I say this is because there is an anagram to find when looked at in the right way.  If you check these letters with Scrabble Word finder you will see that there are no words of 8 letters to be found  and only 1 possible word  to be made using any  7 letters.  That word is GORGERS.  Do you think the pun to be found  a deliberate concealment by Jane Austen or some happy serendipitous chance?  

     

Or why specifically has Jane Austen chosen the pseudonym Ashton Dennis.  Nobody knows!  Again I say that there is an anagram to be found relevant to the text if considered in the right way.  Scrabble word finder shows no 12, and no 11 letter words and just one 10 letter word to be made.  That word is ASTONISHED.  Coincidence? Or if you exchange 2 of the Ns for the the letters I and M.  

 There are hundreds to be found.  It cannot possibly be coincidence. 

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Try a few random surnames for yourself eg  Baldwin, Baddeley, Marshall, Fairfax.  Christian names can also contain anagrams.  Look at the letter sent by Jane Bennett in which the phrase "not a line" in reference to Caroline Bingley is used.  Exchange the letters T and N for a C and R and the name Caroline can be made. Again Is this chance?  Anagrams formed from names in this fashion are very very common.  Look especially closely at the names Catherine Isabella and Eleanor (see Northanger Abbey) whenever used.          

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Claim No. 3 

Finally I claim to have found the real  man who provided the basis for the character Mr. Darcy.  This man  possesses virtually every attribute that we told about Mr. Darcy.  There are a couple of small differences.  For example Darcy has no brothers and only 1 sibling, a younger sister worth 30,000 pounds.  In real life the man who I think provided the inspiration for Darcy had no brothers and only 1 sibling an older sister also worth 30,000 pounds.

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In the book Fitzwilliam Darcy has  a cousin Colonel George Fitzwilliam.  In real life the man I think was the real Mr. Darcy has something similar.  In real life his name was Robert Cary Elwes (N.B.  The edition of a D to Cary to make Darcy is a simple way to hide an identity.  This possibility is given further credence when you consider the edition of an L to make Sewell.  Elwes from 1795 initially rented and in 1799 bought the estate of Great Billing.  It was owned by a member of  the Cavendish family and unusually had its own private horse racing track  (B____ Races?)   Great Billing is 6 or 7 miles from the old centre of Northampton and bears striking similarities to the village of  Thornton Lacey. )

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Its not quite the same scenario because Cary was Elwes's middle name. However  his father had Cary as his first Christian name.  But Cary was the surname of a cousin.  His name and military rank was  Colonel George Cary.  But it gets better. Cary owned an Abbey.  Owned by his family since the mid 17th century. It has ornaments on the staircase case, shutters at the windows, Famous people who had stayed there, a grove of oak trees to the north east, a Rumford fireplace with modest marble surround and a ruined chapel nearby.  Furthermore 2 of Jane Austen's brothers Francis and Charles must, simply must have known of this abbey.  Finally, Jane Austen herself is known to have been  reasonably close to this abbey whilst writing Northanger Abbey.  Torre Abbey Torquay 

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Some more links.  Elwes owned the estate of Throcking Manor in Hertfordshire near Ware and well within 10 miles of The Great north Road.  He knew the Cavendish family.  Banking records show he knew Gracechurch Street.  He knew the town of Worthing and from 1820  was the first owner of the newly built Regency mansion era Beach House.

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