TITLE WITHOUT MONEY
PEER DIES IN POVERTY A career of travel and ad»entur< which began when he left Eton, ant included service in the South Africa! and Great Wars closed a few week: ago with th death at Poughill, nea Bude, Cornwall, of Lord Haldon at th* age of 63. Ho died in comparative poverty, having inherited the title o third baron in 1903 “without a penn; piece attaching to it.” Lord Haldon was twice married. Hi second wife, whom he married in JOJ.i was found dead at the foot of Blacl Rock, Brighton, in May the foliowin, year. An open verdict was rcturnc* at the inquest. Their financial circum stances at the time were so straine< that they lived in a bed-sitting roon at. Brixton as Mr. and Mrs. Haldon Once when involved in a dispute a company that had paid him £lO fo the. use of his name as a director, Lori Haldon frankly admitted that “if could sell my title for a few hundre* pounds I would gladly do so.” Ho i succeeded by his son. the Hon. Law ronco Edward Broomfield Palk.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 12
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186TITLE WITHOUT MONEY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 12
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