VICTOR’S REWARDS.

Taihape Daily Times, 6 October 1919, Page 2

VICTOR’S REWARDS.

: ____o__,_ ;o1'1d0\\'111(\11t of John Churchill. first ,Duke of Marlborough. should not be fc-vex-looked. He received no great ‘lump Sum; an anllnity of £SOOO way,thc 11105: Parliament olfererl as :1 4r\:--w:;m’l for hlgg .sc:‘\'.3cr4.~3 Bu-f than he I(~(’,ciVC+rl an income infinitely gl‘nat«)l' than any germ:-ai of later days. His; pay as 3 General uf the English !-‘w.--Ccs \\';g_~: ;<310,00() a 3':'oal‘, ssuppli-:zlv§nt=:-'1 by’ 21 .<l'milzl:- sum fl'(>m the Stzxtos General, ;’;‘.:3000 as Ma,stor of the 01-<lnn.ncL= aml .-$32004) us Colonel of tho Gmzr-(is W<'l'o other plums, and .€."..'».'.vi:; annnally passed through his 11:2.1'1<1,5 n.~-n’-i:.::.ll_v for secret SorVice_ His income for many years ‘W:-‘..~'~‘ (‘S—timated at £40,000, and, in z‘.'l:l:lz,ic,l:. the c.llm'11'al)lo §_~‘:Ll'all, his Wife, L'0lll'."l~ butod to the fzzmily coffers, £730-‘J 149- ‘ coived fur \'ariou.<. Court :!1)p0iX1?;x-Hilts.hi