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MANY ASPIRANTS. LONDON, June 28. The newspaper Weekly Dispatch says Alexander Grant, a septuagenarian schoolmaster, is claiming in the Scottish Courts the title and the huge fortune of the Earl of Seafield, at present held .by the 19-year-old Lady Seafield, one of the few countesses in her own right, whose grandfather lived in humble circumstances in New Zealand prior to succeeding to the title. Grant claims to be the son of the seventh Earl, who paid for his education at Aberdeen, and only saw his mother once in 1906. Lord Strathspey, uncle of Lady Seafield, ami heir presumptive, says that Grant’s claim is one of several. An American claims the title, and already calls herself Countess Strathspey and adds: “I have contemplated claiming an earldom, but it would cost £50,000, which is prohibitive. The trustees of my estates allow me £7OO yearly. I have to rent a house in a London suburb, when the ancestral seats cf Scotland are empty.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19347, 30 June 1925, Page 2
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162DISPUTED TITLE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19347, 30 June 1925, Page 2
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