Tryphena Speer was the youngest daughter of the industrialist Sir Edward Speer<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was also the most tragic and is thought to haunt Sholden Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When she was seventeen Tryphena met Christopher Van Buran <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When he and his father Thomas A Van Buran visited Manchester<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The steel magnate was one of the richest men in New York <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Within days Christopher and Tryphena fell deeply in love with each other <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And began to make plans for their future in either England or America<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christopher as the eldest son was the heir to the vast Van Buran empire<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He did not initially return with his father as he wanted to explore England<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And also meet the various captains of industry keen to make his acquaintance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was obviously untrue as the young couple just travelled together<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They planned a wedding that Christopher knew might not take place<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As his father aware of the deception had requested his immediate return<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This shattered Tryphena and although they corresponded frequently <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The once loving couple began to grow apart through no fault of their own <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A year after his return the engagement of Christopher to Lucille Main Hertz<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was announced in newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was then that Tryphena suffered a total breakdown and was hospitalised <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When she was released her loving father sent her abroad with a companion <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This improved her mental state but she never fully recovered <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And turned down many offers of marriage from would be suitors <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tryphena died at the early age of forty-two after catching a chill whilst walking <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was buried in the small chapel near Sholden Hall next to her father <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In later years her ghost was reported to have been seen at a window<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which was one of three that gave uninterrupted views of the sea<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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