SORDID STORY.
SHREWSBURY FAMILY SKELETON. OLD EARL’S INFATUATION. (Rec. June 25, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 24. The love affair of the late Earl of Shrewsbury and Miss Brownlee has been revealed in the Probate Court. TTie Earl was separated from his wife in 1906. Ho made the acquaintance of Airs Brownlee, then a girl of twenty, in 1908. They were attracted to each other, with a mutual fondness for sport and animals, and racing. They afterwards wore living together. The Earl in September last revoked a disposition, amounting to a quarter of a million, in favour of tho present Earl,, and other members of his family, practically leaving the whole estate to Mrs Brownlee. The present Earl, through his guardian, the Marquis of Anglesey, is opposing probate. He alleges the late Earl was of unsound mind, and executed his will under the influence of Mrs Brownlee. Tho charge is denied
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Grey River Argus, 26 June 1922, Page 5
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150SORDID STORY. Grey River Argus, 26 June 1922, Page 5
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