There was also Sir William Webber Doveton (1753-1843), the owner of Mount Pleasant. Napoleon visited him in 1816 and in 1820.
According to Chaplin, there was also John Ward, the ex-Ensign of the 66th regiment, who was then in 1840 with the 91st regiment stationed in St Helena.
But, according to Janisch, the people present at the exhumation were:
France:
- Count Bertrand accompanied by his son Arthur Bertrand
- Baron Emmanuel de Las Cases, deputy
- Lt-General Count Gourgaud
- Abbe Coquereau and two choristers
- Captain Charnier, second in command on board La Belle Poule
- Captain Guyet of the Favorite
- Captain Doret of the Oreste
- Mr Guillard, surgeon on the frigate
- Mr Marchand, Officer of the Garde Nationale de Paris
- Messrs. St Denis, Pierron, Archambeau and Noverraz, formerly domestics of the late Emperor
England:
- Captain Alexander of the Royal Engineers
- The honourable Mr Wilde, Chief Justice and Member of the Council
- Colonel Trelawney of the Royal Artillery, Member of the Council
- Colonel Hodson, late St Helena Regiment, Member of the Council
- W.H. Seale, Colonial Secretary and Lt-Colonel of the St Helena Local Militia
- Lieut. E. Littlehales, Royal Navy, commanding H.M.S. brig Dolphin
- Mr Darling, who had assisted at the internment of the Emperor in 1821
- The necessary number of artificers and labourers under the orders of Mr W.H. McKenna and Mr. James Torbett clerk in the Engineer Department
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