Telegraph boy
"The senior Tory accused of child abuse has ... said: 'Some guy said I was in the habit of taking young men from Wrexham in my Rolls-Royce.
"'But I have only been to Wrexham once; and I didn't visit the children’s home...
"When the inquiry was taking place I hired a lawyer to watch it in case there was any mention of my name."
"'But I have only been to Wrexham once; and I didn't visit the children’s home...
"When the inquiry was taking place I hired a lawyer to watch it in case there was any mention of my name."
In the Daily Mail, Simon Parke has written: "My uncle Ernie, a society sex scandal... and a lesson in courage."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2228474/My-uncle-Ernie-society-sex-scandal--lesson-courage.html#ixzz2BQHOIKgX
Simon's great-great uncle Ernest Parke was a journalist who named a top person involved in a boy brothel.
Simon's great-great uncle Ernest Parke was a journalist who named a top person involved in a boy brothel.
Ernest Parke, and some of the boys, ended up in prison.
The 'toffs' were not prosecuted.
Telegraph boy
In 1889, a London policeman was investigating a theft from the London Central Telegraph Office.
In 1889, a London policeman was investigating a theft from the London Central Telegraph Office.
A 15-year-old telegraph boy, Charles Swinscow, was found with what seemed like a lot of money.
Charles said that he had been 'going to bed with gentlemen' for four shillings a time.
The police discovered that 'a number of men of superior bearing and apparently good position' were frequent visitors to a boy brothel at 19 Cleveland Street.
The brothel was furnished with velvet curtains, antique furniture, oil paintings, Dresden china, silk bedding and a grand piano.
The brothel, run by a Mr Charles Hammond, employed several Post Office messenger boys as prostitutes.
The clients included Lord Arthur Somerset, an equerry to the Prince of Wales, and Henry Fitzroy, Earl of Euston.
The only people to be prosecuted were two of the boys.
The clients included Lord Arthur Somerset, an equerry to the Prince of Wales, and Henry Fitzroy, Earl of Euston.
The only people to be prosecuted were two of the boys.
They were given 'hard labour'.
Ernest Parke was editor of a little read publication called the North London Press.
He published a story naming Lord Euston as a person involved in the boy brothel.
And he suggested that a much more important person was involved.
Lord Euston sued for libel.
In court, he admitted going to 19 Cleveland Street, but said it was not for sex with boys.
The court supported Lord Euston and Ernest Parke was sent to Millbank prison.
Charles Hammond escaped to the USA.
Lord Somerset
He was allowed to escape to the South of France.
Prince Albert Victor, who reportedly died in 1892. It has been rumored that he lived until 1930 in the old " Glamis Castle". Website for this
Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of the future King Edward VII, was said to be involved in the boy brothel.
An American newspaper reported that Prince Albert Victor went abroad 'escape the smoke of the Cleveland Street scandal'.
In the UK, the big mainstream media named no names.
Today, in the UK, we have the Leveson Inquiry which may suggest imposing extra curbs on the media.
Today, in the UK, we have the Leveson Inquiry which may suggest imposing extra curbs on the media.
An Australian newspaper, dated 12 November 1888, describes another scandal. The Cleveland Strret scandal was in 1889.
Simon Parke is the author of Solitude — Recovering The Power Of Alone published by White Crow Books at £11.99.
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2228474/My-uncle-Ernie-society-sex-scandal--lesson-courage.html#ixzz2BQHOIKgX