Harry de Windt

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Captain Harry Willes Darell de Windt (Paris, 1856 - 1933) was the aide-de-camp to the Rajah of Sarawak, an explorer and author of many books about his travels: Overland from Paris to New York via Siberia, Peking to Paris, Russia to India via Persia and Through Savage Europe. His books were published under the name of Harry de Windt.

He was married several times, his first wife was Frances Laura Arabella Long, sister to Viscount Long of Wraxall, whom he married in London in 1882. They were divorced in 1888. There was one child from this union, a daughter, Margaret Maude de Windt.

He died on the 30th of November 1933 at Bournemouth.

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