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By Paul McNeil Posted on May 13, 2009December 16, 2025

The Strange Case of The Vampyre Lord of Hurstbourne Priors


John Charles Wallop 3rd Earl of Portsmouth and Lord of the Manor of Hurstbourne Priors was publicly denounced as having the disposition of a Vampyre, “…which was to be fed by nothing but the prey of death”.

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