Short Manx History Introductions: The Importance of Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby

 

Published on 7 Feb 2017

Charles Guard offers a short introduction to Charlotte de La Trémoille, the Countess of Derby who tried to hold the Island against the Parliamentarian Forces in 1651, before Illiam Dhone intervened.

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