Murder & homicide · 1893 · 1890s

The Ardlamont Murder

In 1893 Cecil Hambrough, a young English aristocrat, was shot and killed on the Ardlamont estate near Tighnabruaich in Argyll during a shooting expedition. Alfred John Monson, his tutor and a man with financial interests connected to Hambrough, was accused of arranging the killing.

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