Word: goodwood
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Died. Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox. 64, eighth Duke of Richmond, Lennox, Gordon and D'Aubigny, head of a house founded by a bastard son of King Charles II and the Duchess of Portsmouth; at Goodwood, England. Lord of 250,000 acres (including famed Goodwood race track and a forest in which, traditionally, no birds lived), he was crippled by spinal meningitis during the War, got about in a nifty wheel chair...
...acreage of Bermuda). His Grace Charles Henry Gordon- Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond (creation in 1675), Earl of March and Due d'Au-bigny (French creation in 1683-84), is a Colonel in the Sussex Yeomanry and the author of A Duke and His Friends. Hi: principal addresses: Goodwood, Chichester; Molecomb, Chichester; Gordon Castle, Fochabers, Banffshire; and Glenfiddich Lodge, Dufftown, Scotland...
...carpet leading to the dark maroon (almost black) Royal Daimler. Briskly, in an impeccable grey topper, King George walked the carpet, squiring Queen Mary amid lusty cheers. He was going to cele- brate in 100% English fashion by attending the races?for the first time since he went to Goodwood in July 1928. Very, very slowly, at less than a walking pace, the Daimler snailed across the courtyard, dipped like an infinitely cautious tortoise out the Palace gate, crept past cheering thousands massed along Constitution Hill ?Their Majesties bowing all the time...
...Duke of Richmond & Gordon announced last week that he was planning the sale of books and paintings from his collections at Goodwood House and Gordon Castle...