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ESTATE OF YOUNG COUNTESS i A charming young woman of 29, today owns more of Britain than any other one person, states the Sunday Express, London. She is the Countess of Seafield, one of the five British countesses in their own right. The Countess owns more than 500,000 acres—nearly 800 square miles—all in Scotland. One of her possessions is Castle Grant, in Inverness-shire, which is among the most famous castles in Scotland. Its walls are built of solid stone, 15ft. thick, made to withstand clan raids. Her home at Cullen House, Bannffshire, close to the River Spey, is one of the beauty spots of the Highlands. But the countess will not come into full possession of her estates until she is 30. Half a century ago the family debts were about £BOO,OOO. Then Lady Seafield's great-great-aunt Caroline, started one of the most ambitious timber-plant-ing schemes Scotland has even known. To-day the standing timber on the estates is worth a fortune. Lady Caroline died in 1911. She had reduced the debt from £BOO,OOO to £400,000. Now the debt is only £70.000 and the Countess' income is about £90,000 a year. Nina Seafield is intelligent and artistic. She plays the piano and 'cello, sings and paints. When she was presented at Court, she caused a sensation by her likeness to the young Queen Victoria and by her beautiful red-gold hair.
The Countess toured the world, visiting Burma and Africa. Rumour linked her name with Prince Nicolas, younger son of the late King of Rumania, but in "1930 she secretly married Mr. Derek Studley-Herbert.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22142, 22 June 1935, Page 3 (Supplement)
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