A Noble Earl Thrice Bankrupt.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3111, 24 January 1889, Page 2

A Noble Earl Thrice Bankrupt.

. The eleventh Earl of Devon, who "■■; died at Powdorbam •Castlp\ recently at the advanced age 6f''eiglity-ono, was a most unfortunate man. , The. vnaia object of his life;was to disen-■'.-,,. bmhber the Courtenay estates; and >' restore the fallen glories' of- his-'-,, h ancient.fauiily ; '(one of the, oldest' in England); and with any •ordinary. : luck he would so.'■ ; Up. to ;' the tiuie Ids';father' succeeded .the , Devonshire rent-roll '.was £BO,OOO .a year, and. 'the. Irish Restates yielded "•'■ £20,000. .Even £50,000a-yearioes;'',; : not, unfortunately, .lastlong inVthe;.hands of suciila man.as'-was.the''•■..., tenth Earl. The," gay-Earl,"'.asW,-:."-;::: was called, managed td enoumber iW, ■ ':. property to.a pretty tune, and whei>. ; v : his,son succeeded in I,Bs9,■■•things''.'.'- ■; were.in'a very bad way. Lord Deyorj;.f ■' found,; however, '. ■• that.' by.;'.''' strict. economy, and being a good landlord, ■ he might hope-to clear everything off ;<; again by his eightieth birthday.; h . Unfortunately, all the poor efforts inthia respect rendered™;; nugato)yh,the|oandalous^extravi:^: : ;i;' i gance and folly-of his son land; heir);pr \ LordOdurteifay!' ThwSyprtliy.geeffl¥js.' : to be a particularly lyicioiis' npliisa of % *.. ; his gi'andsire.' helpedjiirti \p; \ again and'againy. but il \yas and' at, last,, in . lie-left follow.to Lord:'Courtenay;• '|! Court;.'payjng! oiieyinilling vin):ikP's£ on £lo,ooo,yau^ui-i878 ) /lio^againv : paid one shilling in the | Early lastyear he failed of cpnfse,:.succeeds l ; to- pracTicalljv. .': nothing,' thanks entirely to;,his vowiiy : ; _ folly.. Tlio CBtdtes still -yield aboiit^; ; ißo,oooa;year,buttherearemortgages,. .' to the amount of nearly £BOO,OOO on v..:; them, "Tho. late Lord to w£' : . beloved in Ireland, ;heing'vbry chari-,. . table, and a landlordrwho moved K ,; with the times. 'But for being r ,V: miserably sandwiohed between anfc. extravagant father and- a son, he wild, too, probably, made a name in parliament,; as he,,';; ; was a capital spbaker.':; . j .?,/;.•."' ■:'.'