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Now part of the Burlington Hotel, this was originally 22 Grand Parade. In 1860 it was a cramming institute run by a schoolmaster by the name of Thomas Hopley. One of his boarders was a Reginald Cancellor, a 14-year-old retarded boy, son of a prosperous London lawyer. On 21 April of that year, a small bedroom on the third floor was the scene of a gruesome crime when Cancellor was flogged to death. A trial at Lewes found Hopley guilty but the prison sentence was a mere four years. Further details from Eastbourne Local History Society. '