![]() He described the lot as standing out from other objects associated with Napoléon. "The family who had it, always knew it was around but it was tucked away," he said. ![]() The key was found by Fox's descendants in a trunk in a house in Scotland, David MacDonald, a specialist at Sotheby's, said in a statement when the sale was announced. The key comes in an envelope labelled by Fox as "Key of the Room at St Helena, in which Napoléon died & which I got there out of the door in 1822." He gives the exact date in an accompanying note as 6 September. The key was brought back to Britain by Charles Richard Fox, an army general and politician, who visited the island while Napoléon was there.įox is believed to have brought it as a gift for his mother who was a great admirer of Napoléon, the auction house said. Napoléon Bonaparte last residence during his exile in Longwood, on the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena.
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