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Title
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Assassination of Governor Sharples & Captain Sayers / Burial at St. Peter's Churchyard
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Description
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Walter B. Hayward, “The Churchyard: Sir Richard Sharples and Captain Hugh Sayers,” St. Peter’s Church [Green], 44: “The Churchyard cemetery remained closed for 100 years when an important exception was made. When Sir Richard Sharples, Governor of Bermuda, was assassinated and his aide, Captain Hugh Sayers, was murdered on March 10, 1973, graves were provided in ‘The Old Churchyard.’ This was done at the request of Lady Sharples because of Sir Richard’s special affection for St. George’s and for St. Peter’s Church.”
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Source
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Walter B. Hayward, “The Churchyard,” in St. Peter’s Church, St. George’s, Bermuda [Green] (reprinted from Bermuda Hist.orical Quarterly, 1954 (Bermuda: Island Press Ltd.)), 43, Jarvis, St. Peter’s Church Research File.
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Date
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10–17 March 1973
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Event Code
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O
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Year
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1973
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Day and Month
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10–17 March