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How a Highgate publican saved Queen Vi ctoria in 1837
Howard Lambert demonstrates that family legends often have their basis in truth, as he discovered when he researched the Lambert family’s connection to an inn where a young queen’s life was saved
Howard Lambert
As family historians, we often encounter a wide spectrum of humaninterest stories, either handed down anecdotally, or from our research. Together these stories help to form a rich tapestry of our ancestors’ lives; just one of the elements that keeps us so enthralled.
Shortly after I started researching my family in 1983, my Aunt Edna showed me a cutting from the Islington Gazette dated 1896. The article described how an old Highgate inn was due for demolition. She thought it was connected with the Lambert family, but couldn’t recall the details. I decided to investigate, and before long the old tavern had given up its secret…
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