SOLD HIS BIRTHRIGHT.
EARL'S YOUNGER SON. NOW SUCCEEDS TO TTTIE.. ANOTHER GETS ESTATES. (Heceived 2 p.m.) LONDON", June 11. A few years ago Lord Edward Fitzgerald married miss Hay Etheridge. a.» actress-, simultaneously selling for a small sum his reversionary rights in the estates of his father, the Duke of Leinstor. at Carton, County Kiidare. to Sir Mallaby Dee ley, M.P. 'At the time Lord reward's two elder brothers were living, and his chances of succession were very slight. One elder brother was killed in the war and the other died a few mon'liago. Lord Edward succeeding to the title and Sir Mallaby Deeley to the estates, including presumably a million sterlir.fr worth of London ground rents. AVhen Ihe staff of retainers at Carton received orders from the nejv owner, they solemnly passed a resolution announcing their intention of hoisting the rfd daft and running the domain on Soviet lines.—fA. and X.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 137, 12 June 1922, Page 5
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