BARONETCY ROMANCE.
HOUSE WHICH INHERITED fW-F-A--■MIU,K>X FROM 'RECLUSE'S ESTATE. A* romance of the baronetcy is recalled by itbe dcathl. which occurred at Boddington Park. Nantwich, lac,) month of Sir Delves Louis Broughton, the tenth baronet and head of one of.the most ancient families in the country. Sir Delves wats born in 18"7, and wiccced°d to the title mi IS! 0. He was twice married. !H'e liij two sons ;tnd two d|.iiifl'hter.-, rm-1 is. succeeded by Captain Henry dob;; Delves, of the •Iri-lh giuairds. Tv :< a wealthy man through the death, in 1892, of Henry | Coghlan a Hyde P-.rk recluse w'hi., •>]'(• 1 a million poinds and no •will. Half the fortune went to the dead baronet', father, who wa -,, after a '.search, adjudged 'the heir. A tribute to the dead baronet's treatment cf Isis tensmitry was afforded in the autumn of 1911, when his Cheshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire tenants presented him -with an Kluminated address, congratulating him upon bis recovery after a Iserir.us oii.ti tion. The address mentioned tihart Sir fMvos' kind interest and generaus actions bad prentlv mntrlibutcd to the happiness of his tenantry of wh: 31: 300 siiln-ribcd to tli- ~- ! ft . Tile founder of the family was John |Dih-i.i-. r.f Bniv.i'jitnn. who foushl with the Black Prince in the Frendli' V.'ir.i.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 15, 5 June 1914, Page 6
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212BARONETCY ROMANCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 15, 5 June 1914, Page 6
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