Word: buccleuch
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...Duke of Marlborough?like the Dukes of Rutland and Buccleuch, the Marquess of Granby and Viscount Novar?transformed his estates into a "private, unlimited company" under the title "Blenheim Estate Co." The Duke will be the hereditary governing director with a controlling share of the stock. The other stockholder is Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill, the Duke's second son. The Duke, whose first wife was Consuelo Vanderbilt, and who is one of the wealthiest peers of the realm, took this step to escape the crushing taxation which is levied upon private fortunes. The capital of the Company is about...
Scott, fifth daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. Prince George is not to marry pretty and lively Poppy Baring, daughter of Sir Godfrey and Lady Baring, but is to be sent to join the Fleet in China...