The History of Wandsworth Common
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Wandsworth Common
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1831
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Morning Post — Saturday 31 December 1831
DUEL — A Meeting took place on Friday on Wandsworth Common, between Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Gill, Lieutenant of the King's Yeoman Guard, and D. Finlaison, Esq. in consequence of a very serious dispute which occurred between those gentlemen at one of the clubs. The parties were accompanied on the ground by Sir J. Wedderburn. Bart. and Lieutenant Walsh, Royal Artillery; and after receiving Mr. Finlaison's fire without effect, Sir Robert Gill fired in the air, when an explanation took place satisfactory to the seconds, and the parties, after becoming reconciled, left the field.
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Duel must have taken place on Friday 30 December.]
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