BARONET’S VARIED CAREER.

Shannon News, 13 August 1926, Page 3

BARONET’S VARIED CAREER.

♦ FROM . COW-PUNCHER: TO RECTOR A life of extraordinary variety was / disclosed at the public examination at York recently of the Rev. Sir Gentile Cave-Brown, Bt,, rector of Lon-des-borough, Yorkshire, whose statement of affairs disclosed unsecured liabilities £77911s 6d and a deficiency of £524 odd. He attributed his failure . to over-reaching his income by charitable relief and very high interest on loans by moneylenders. * Sir Genille stated that he joined the 15th Hussars in 1885 and after leaving the Army prospected in a gold-mining district ini India, went in for cattle ranching in served in the Spanish-American War, and took part in the Boxer expedition, did mission work in America, served during the Great War and was ordained deacon in 1920 and priest in 1921. When he succeeded his father to: the title in 1907 he had to sell everything to pay his father’s debts and he himself got nothing. When he Went to Loridesborough he was owing money and his debts increased. He had borrowed from moneylenders, and realised he could have done nothing worse. He had no assets beyond the income of his living of £561. Part of his furniture was loaned by his cousin and the remainder belonged to Ms landlady. He was writing a book entitled “From Cowpuncher’s Saddle to Pulpit.” From what his publishers told him, he expected to receive from it about £4OO. The examination was closed.