Tichborne

Relating to a celebrated Victorian controversy involving a man claiming to be Roger Tichborne, heir to the Tichborne baronetcy, presumed drowned in 1854. The Tichborne Claimant was generally identified as Arthur Orton, who unsuccessfully sought the family estate in a civil trial in 1871–2. He was subsequently convicted of perjury in 1874 and sentenced to fourteen years’ penal servitude. The case attracted enormous public and press interest.