IMPECUNIOUS DUKE.
PREMIER PEER OF IRELAND.
FOURTH TIME BANKRUPT.
A. - and N.Z. LONDON, Nov. 22. During lii; examination in bankruptcy the Duke of Leinster admitted that it was his fourth bankruptcy. He had been living on borrowed money since he succeeded to the title, pending the disposal of his interests in the family estates.
Hp paid £300 commission for an introduction to a money-lender, who lent him £1760 in exchange for promissory notes totalling £10,000.. Ho had paid £2595 commission in three years for introductions to money-lenders.
His personal expenses during .the past three years were £20,680, plus £6351 interest on loans.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18565, 24 November 1923, Page 11
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102IMPECUNIOUS DUKE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18565, 24 November 1923, Page 11
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