MILLIONS AND A TITLE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 91, 17 April 1913, Page 5

MILLIONS AND A TITLE.

AUSTRALIAN'S INHERITANCE. LORD WOLSELEY'S NEPHEW. AN ADVENTUROUS LITE. (Received 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Captain Cox. a well-known ex-coastal manner, has departed for England to V?° l!llm two fortunes, one of £1,400000 left by his brother, Colonel r*,° X ', . , other P° rtio " oi the estate of the late Lord Wolseley, of whom he was a nephew. It is also stated that he will probably succeed to Lord Wolseley's title. Captain Cox is 64 years of age. He was second mate of the steamer Leura, and subsequently commanded several vessels on bis own behalf. Before taking to the sea he was a captain in the Imperial army. For some time he had been in charge of a sheep station at Bungandore. The solicitors of his brother's estate got into touch with him some months ago, and he was preparing to depart when the cable arrived announcing that he had inherited a second fortune. Considerable difficulty was experienced in delivering the cable. Several pepple bearing the name of Cox were tried, and the message was eventually sent to a sheep station, where the luckyowner was located. The extent of JLord Wolseley's estates is not stated, but it is known that he was very wealthy. By special remainder his daughter succeeded to the title, but Captaiu Cox's friends state that it will be contested on- his behalf, and advices received point to the conclusion that he will succeed. When Captain Cox's father died he left him a fortune of £100,000. This was invested in shipping and lost, and during late years the captain had made a precarious living by storckeeping and other avocations.