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Long before Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, Berkshire had its own Scrooge. Lorin Bozkurt explores the life of John Elwes, a Berkshire MP who inherited millions yet lived in rags.
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Long before Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, Berkshire had its own Scrooge. Lorin Bozkurt explores the life of John Elwes, a Berkshire MP who inherited millions yet lived in rags.
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