VISCOUNT HINTON.
FROM ORGAN-GRINDER TO AN
EARLDOM.
By Telegraph.— Association.-Copynghl
London, January 25. When informed of the death of Earl Poulett, his heir, Viscount Hinton, was organ-n'inding in the streets. Viscount Hinton, interviewed with regard to the peculiar circumstances of his life, said the first wife of Earl Poulett, who had been a domestic servant, married the earl in 1849. Shortly after the birth of Viscount Hinton Earl Poulett repudiated his paternity and turned the countess and her child from the doors. He took no steps, however, to obtain a dissolution of marriage. With regard to this, Hinton claims that his parents were living together for two years before marriage,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10971, 27 January 1899, Page 5
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110VISCOUNT HINTON. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10971, 27 January 1899, Page 5
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