"She said there had been a couple of times when her suspicion had been aroused, such as questioning James’ strange voice, but that James had become angry and often violent whenever she questioned him, so she avoided probing."
Other parts of the exhibition focuses on the discovery of a person’s identity; a rector from Essendon had to flee the county after accusations of gross indecency, and Oscar Wilde, an Irish playwright and friend of Lady Desborough of Panshanger, was sent to prison for his same-sex relationships.
Edward John Edwards took up the post as domestic chaplain to Lord Salisbury at Hatfield and later became a rector in Essendon where rumours swirled that he was homosexual.