CLAIM TO £3,000,000.
AMERICAN CLAIMS A BARONETCY.. John Ford/; an American repairer of musical instruments, of' .Philadelphia, claims succession to the baronetcy of Sir James Robert Carmichael, ■ and.. a ; .fortune modestly estimated' at over/ £3,000,000. • He. and.'bis sister,, who live in penury in New.York, swear that they are the grandchildren of . Sir 'James, who died in 1883. The latter's daughter, they say, married a saddler, with whom • she emigrated to America. ; The baronet is represented as unforgiving as regards his daughter, but it is claimed that ho reiognise'cf -"her marriage at Tunbridge Wells' .and, .promised to leave his "grandchildren, who" are not responsible for their mother's fault, a legacy."
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 333, 21 October 1908, Page 14
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109CLAIM TO £3,000,000. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 333, 21 October 1908, Page 14
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