Hon. Mrs, Cunningham-Reid's £70,000 a Year Remarkable facts were mentioned in Mr. Justice Crossman's Chancery Court on Jan. 25 in an action brought by Capt. A. S. Cunningham-Reid, M.P. for St. Marylebone, against his wife, the younger daughter of Lord Mount Temple, states the "Daily Telegraph and Morning Post."
She was ce-heiress with her sister, Lady Louis Mountbatten, to £6,000,- 000 left by their grandfather, Sir Ernest Cassel.
Tt was stated that the couple, who were married in 1927, were now living apart, and that divorce proceedings had been started.
Capt. Cunningham-Reid sought a Geclaration that deeds entered into between him and his wife were still binding. These, it was stated, as. sured to the husband a portion of the wife's income.
The wife counter-claimed that the deeds were revocable without the husband's consent, and had been evoked.
The husband and wife sat, separate ed by solicitors, at a table in front of counsel.
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