Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his second wife Jean now lie in a double leaded casket beneath a tall stone cross under an Oak tree – well away from All Saints church it’s said because Doyle had incurred the wrath of the Church of England more than once in his lifetime. Underneath the stone cross you will find the words “Steel true, blade straight”

Did you know Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

• Was born in 1859 in Scotland to an English Father and an Irish mother
• Studied medicine and was a physician in the Boer War
• Was knighted by Queen Victoria
• In 1890 studied the eye in Vienna
• Wrote 56 short stories and 4 novels featuring Sherlock Holmes
• Had a great interest in mysticism and spiritualism
• Was a friend of Houdini, the great escapologist
• Married his first wife Louise in 1885 – they had two children – she died in 1906
• Married his second wife Jean in1907 – they had three children
• Believed in Fairies and wrote a book entitled The Coming of the Fairies
• Wrote The White Company which features the New Forest

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