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Hannah Courtoy mausoleum, Brompton Cemetery.

14 Wilton Crescent is to the right of the post box in the picture.

Hannah Courtoy (1784 - 26 January 1849), born Hannah Peters, was a London society woman who inherited a fortune from the merchant John Courtoy in 1815. Her distinctive Egyptian-style mausoleum in London's Brompton Cemetery has been the subject of considerable curiosity and speculation ever since a report by Reuters in 1998 repeated claims that it contained a working time machine.

Life

Hannah Courtoy was born Hannah Peters^[1] in 1784, her occupation was a maid.^[2] She had three daughters out of wedlock with John Courtoy, Mary Ann (1801),^[3] Elizabeth (1804-1876),^[4] and Susannah (1807-1895).^{[citation needed]} In 1830, Susannah married Septimus Holmes Godson,^[5] a barrister of Gray's Inn.^[6]

In 1815, Courtoy inherited a fortune from the elderly merchant John Courtoy (born Nicholas Jacquinet in France, 1729) through a Will that was disputed in court.

Death

Courtoy died on 26 January 1849,^[7] at 14 Wilton Crescent, Belgrave Square, one of the most expensive areas of London. Her Will is held in the British National Archives.^[1]^[8]

Tomb

Courtoy's distinctive Egyptian-style mausoleum of 1854^[9] in Brompton Cemetery, where her unmarried daughters Elizabeth and Mary Ann are also interred, has been the subject of considerable curiosity because of rumours that it might be or contain a working time machine, a speculation that has been fuelled by various articles and recordings made by the musician Stephen Coates of the band The Real Tuesday Weld^[10]^[11]^[12]

The Egyptologist Joseph Bonomi the Younger is buried nearby.

References

^ ^a ^b Will of Hannah Courtoy otherwise Hannah Peters, Single Woman of No 14 Wilton Crescent... National Archives. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
^ FIFTY NOTABLE PERSONALITIES. Archived 2016-10-13 at the Wayback Machine The Friends of Brompton Cemetery. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
^ Westminster Baptisms Transcription. findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. (subscription required)
^ England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription. findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. (subscription required)
^ Westminster Marriages Transcription. findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. (subscription required)
^ "Barristers Called. Michaelmas Term, 1837." The Legal Observer, Vol. XV, No. 438, p. 170.
^ "Deaths" Bell's Weekly Messenger, 19 February 1849, p. 63. British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 25 December 2015. (subscription required)
^ Index to Death Duty Registers Transcription. findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. (subscription required)
^ Meller, Hugh, & Brian Parsons (2013). London cemeteries: An illustrated guide and gazetteer. Stroud: History Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-7524-9690-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Brompton Cemetery: The sealed mausoleum believed to be a fully-functioning time machine. Richard Jinman, The Independent, 12 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
^ Is the secret of time travel lurking in an old London cemetery? Helen Smith, Daily News, 29 October 1998, p. 4A. Google News. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
^ The Brompton Time Machine

External links

[BNA-1] Will of Hannah Courtoy otherwise Hannah Peters, Single Woman of No 14 Wilton Crescent... National Archives. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

[2] FIFTY NOTABLE PERSONALITIES. Archived 2016-10-13 at the Wayback Machine The Friends of Brompton Cemetery. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

[3] Westminster Baptisms Transcription. findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. (subscription required)

[4] England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription. findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. (subscription required)

[5] Westminster Marriages Transcription. findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. (subscription required)

[6] "Barristers Called. Michaelmas Term, 1837." The Legal Observer, Vol. XV, No. 438, p. 170.

[7] "Deaths" Bell's Weekly Messenger, 19 February 1849, p. 63. British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 25 December 2015. (subscription required)

[fmp-8] Index to Death Duty Registers Transcription. findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. (subscription required)

[Meller-9] Meller, Hugh, & Brian Parsons (2013). London cemeteries: An illustrated guide and gazetteer. Stroud: History Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-7524-9690-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[10] Brompton Cemetery: The sealed mausoleum believed to be a fully-functioning time machine. Richard Jinman, The Independent, 12 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

[11] Is the secret of time travel lurking in an old London cemetery? Helen Smith, Daily News, 29 October 1998, p. 4A. Google News. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[12] The Brompton Time Machine

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-'''Hannah Courtoy''' (1784-1849), born '''Hannah Peters''', was a London society woman who inherited a fortune from the merchant [[John Courtoy]] in 1815. Her distinctive Egyptian-style mausoleum in London's [[Brompton Cemetery]] has been the subject of considerable curiosity and speculation ever since a report by [[Reuters]] in 1998 repeated claims that it contained a working time machine.
+[[File:Hannah Courtoy mausoleum, Brompton Cemetery 07.JPG|thumb|Courtoy Mausoleum.]]
+[[File:Wilton Crescent.jpg|thumbnail|14 Wilton Crescent is to the right of the post box in the picture.]]
+'''Hannah Courtoy''' (1784 - 26 January 1849), born '''Hannah Peters''', was a London society woman who inherited a fortune from the merchant [[John Courtoy]] in 1815. Her distinctive Egyptian-style mausoleum in London's [[Brompton Cemetery]] has been the subject of considerable curiosity and speculation ever since a report by [[Reuters]] in 1998 repeated claims that it contained a working time machine.
 ==Life==
-Hannah Courtoy was born Hannah Peters<ref name=BNA/> in 1784.<ref>[http://brompton-cemetery.org.uk/notable-monuments/ FIFTY NOTABLE PERSONALITIES.] The Friends of Brompton Cemetery. Retrieved 24 December 2015.</ref> She never married but had three daughters, Mary Ann (1801),<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=r_885355810 Westminster Baptisms Transcription.] findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. {{subscription required}}</ref> Elizabeth (1804-1876),<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=bmd%2fd%2f1876%2f3%2faz%2f000071%2f033 England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription.] findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. {{subscription required}}</ref> and Susannah (1807-1895).{{citation required}} In 1830, Susannah married [[Septimus Holmes Godson]],<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbprs%2fm%2f492240172%2f2 Westminster Marriages Transcription.] findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. {{subscription required}}</ref> a barrister of [[Gray's Inn]].<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=IgQvAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA170 ''The Legal Observer, or Journal of Jurisprudence'', p. 170.</ref>
+Hannah Courtoy was born Hannah Peters<ref name=BNA/> in 1784, her occupation was a maid.<ref>[http://brompton-cemetery.org.uk/notable-monuments/ FIFTY NOTABLE PERSONALITIES.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013000433/http://brompton-cemetery.org.uk/notable-monuments/ |date=2016-10-13 }} The Friends of Brompton Cemetery. Retrieved 24 December 2015.</ref> She had three daughters out of wedlock with John Courtoy, Mary Ann (1801),<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=r_885355810 Westminster Baptisms Transcription.] findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. {{subscription required}}</ref> Elizabeth (1804-1876),<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=bmd%2fd%2f1876%2f3%2faz%2f000071%2f033 England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription.] findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. {{subscription required}}</ref> and Susannah (1807-1895).{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} In 1830, Susannah married [[Septimus Holmes Godson]],<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbprs%2fm%2f492240172%2f2 Westminster Marriages Transcription.] findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. {{subscription required}}</ref> a barrister of [[Gray's Inn]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IgQvAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA170 "Barristers Called. Michaelmas Term, 1837."] ''The Legal Observer'', Vol. XV, No. 438, p. 170.</ref>
-In 1815, Courtoy inherited a fortune from the elderly merchant John Courtoy (born Nicholas Jacquinet in France, 1709) through a Will that was disputed in court.
+In 1815, Courtoy inherited a fortune from the elderly merchant John Courtoy (born Nicholas Jacquinet in France, 1729) through a Will that was disputed in court.
 ==Death==
+Courtoy died on 26 January 1849,<ref>[http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001286/18490219/064/0007 "Deaths"] ''Bell's Weekly Messenger'', 19 February 1849, p. 63. [[British Newspaper Archive]]. Retrieved 25 December 2015. {{subscription required}}</ref> at 14 [[Wilton Crescent]], Belgrave Square, one of the most expensive areas of London. Her Will is held in the British [[National Archives (United Kingdom)|National Archives]].<ref name=BNA>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D128966 Will of Hannah Courtoy otherwise Hannah Peters, Single Woman of No 14 Wilton Crescent...] National Archives. Retrieved 24 December 2015.</ref><ref name=fmp>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=bmd%2fd%2fdduty%2f783144 Index to Death Duty Registers Transcription.] findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. {{subscription required}}</ref>
-[[File:Wilton Crescent.jpg|thumbnail|14 Wilton Crescent is to the right of the post box in the picture.]]
-Courtoy died in 1849 at 14 [[Wilton Crescent]], Belgrave Square, one of the most expensive areas of London. Her Will is held in the British [[National Archives (United Kingdom)|National Archives]].<ref name=BNA>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D128966 Will of Hannah Courtoy otherwise Hannah Peters, Single Woman of No 14 Wilton Crescent...] National Archives. Retrieved 24 December 2015.</ref><ref name=fmp>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=bmd%2fd%2fdduty%2f783144 Index to Death Duty Registers Transcription.] findmypast. Retrieved 25 December 2015. {{subscription required}}</ref>
+==Tomb==
-Courtoy's distinctive Egyptian-style mausoleum of 1854<ref name="Meller">{{cite book|author=Meller, Hugh, & Brian Parsons|title=London cemeteries: An illustrated guide and gazetteer|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GmaPAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT164|year=2013|publisher=[[History Press]]|location=Stroud|isbn=978-0-7524-9690-0|page=164}}</ref> in [[Brompton Cemetery]], where her daughters Elizabeth and Mary Ann are also interred, has been the subject of considerable curiosity ever since a report by [[Reuters]] in 1998<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/17/travel/london-great-cemeteries/ London's coolest gravestones.] Sandra Lawrence, [[CNN]], 17 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2015.</ref> speculated that it contained a working time machine.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brompton-cemetery-the-sealed-mausoleum-believed-to-be-a-fully-functioning-time-machine-a6771076.html Brompton Cemetery: The sealed mausoleum believed to be a fully-functioning time machine.] Richard Jinman, ''[[The Independent]]'', 12 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JXNTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MIYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6611%2C2713375 Is the secret of time travel lurking in an old London cemetery?] Helen Smith, ''Daily News'', 29 October 1998, p. 4A. Google News. Retrieved 25 December 2015.</ref>
+Courtoy's distinctive Egyptian-style mausoleum of 1854<ref name="Meller">{{cite book|author=Meller, Hugh, & Brian Parsons|title=London cemeteries: An illustrated guide and gazetteer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmaPAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT164|year=2013|publisher=[[History Press]]|location=Stroud|isbn=978-0-7524-9690-0|page=164}}</ref> in [[Brompton Cemetery]], where her unmarried daughters Elizabeth and Mary Ann are also interred, has been the subject of considerable curiosity because of rumours that it might be or contain a working time machine, a speculation that has been fuelled by various articles and recordings made by the musician Stephen Coates of the band [[The Real Tuesday Weld]]<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brompton-cemetery-the-sealed-mausoleum-believed-to-be-a-fully-functioning-time-machine-a6771076.html Brompton Cemetery: The sealed mausoleum believed to be a fully-functioning time machine.] Richard Jinman, ''[[The Independent]]'', 12 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JXNTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MIYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6611%2C2713375 Is the secret of time travel lurking in an old London cemetery?] Helen Smith, ''Daily News'', 29 October 1998, p. 4A. Google News. Retrieved 25 December 2015.</ref><ref>[https://soundcloud.com/the-real-tuesday-weld-1/the-brompton-time-machine?in=the-real-tuesday-weld-1/sets/radio-clerkenwell-666fm The Brompton Time Machine]</ref>
+The Egyptologist [[Joseph Bonomi the Younger]] is buried nearby.
 ==See also==
-* [[Joseph Bonomi the Younger]]
 * [[Samuel Alfred Warner]]
 == References ==
-{{Reflist|2}}
+{{Reflist}}
 == External links ==
-* http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LONDON/2002-09/1033238863
+*http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LONDON/2002-09/1033238863
+*http://www.rogerclarke.com/Family/S/Courtoy-Newsletter21.htm.html
+*[http://theclerkenwellkid.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/time-space-and-city.html/ Time Space and the City]
+*[https://soundcloud.com/the-real-tuesday-weld-1/the-brompton-time-machine?in=the-real-tuesday-weld-1/sets/radio-clerkenwell-666fm/ The Brompton Time Machine by The Real Tuesday Weld]
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