TWO FORTUNES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 85, 17 April 1913, Page 5

TWO FORTUNES.

AND A PROBABLE TITLE.

LORD WOLSELEY’S heir. EX-SEA CAPTAIN’S EXTRAORDINARY LUCK. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 9.35 a.m.) Sydney, April 17. Captain Cox, a well-known ex-coas-tal captain, has departed for England to day claim to two fortunes, one of £1,400,000, left by his brother, Colonel Cox, and the other of a portion of the estate of Lord Wolseley, of whom ho was a nephew. It is also stated that ho will probably succeed to the Wolseley title. Captain Cox is 64 years of age and was second mate of the steamer Leura, and subsequently commanded several vessels on his own behalf. Before taking to the sea, he was a captain in the Imperial Army, and for some time has been in charge of a sheep station at Bungandore. The solicitors in his brother’s estate got in touch with him some months ago. He was preparing to depart when a cable arrived announcing that he had inherited the second fortune. Considerable difficulty was experienced in delivering the cable. Several people of the same name were tried, and eventually the message was sent to the sheep station, where the lucky owner was located.

The extent of Lord Wolseley’s estates is not stated, but they are known to he very wealthy. By special reminder, his daughter succeeded to the title. Captain Cox’s friends state that it will be contested on his behalf, and advices received point to the conclusion that he will succeed.

When Captain Cox’s father died, he left him a fortune of £IOO,OOO, but this was invested in shipping, and lost. Of late years, the Captain has earned a precarious living by storekeeping and other avocations.