One more of the stately homes of England has had to be abandoned, This week Sir Archibald Weigall, excep, and a well-known sportsman, has announced that ho have to give up his big country, Place, Petwood, Woodhall' Spa Lincolnshire. It is one of the bigsest_and best-known modern houses in England. Sir Archibald is also giving up his London house in Hil-Street, Mayfair. Lady Weigall is the daughter of the late Sir John Blundell Maple and inherited immense wealth from im. The affairs fof Sir Archibald and Lady Weigall, are, however, administered by the Court of Chancery and one of the provisions for the administration of the Estate is that it should. be handed on intact. This means that be spent on ing against Death Duties and the cost of this Insurance coupled on has made it impcsrehibald to continue at either of his two big houses. can easily be calculated that the ig|annual amount required to pay the taxes on a really big income and to insure the capital against Death Duties demands more than the total
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