Two more stately homes have 1 ly been sold and one at least it is to be feared will be broken up fo: "development" This is Avon Castle near Ringwood, too near to Bournemouth which has been spreading its ugly tentacles far and wide to be out of danger of the speculative builder. Avon Castle was built in 1878 for a Mr. Turner Turner at a cost of £80,000, He quickly ran through a big fortune and sold the house to the ninth Earl of Egmont. The present earl is a rancher in Canada, where he was born and brought up by his father, also a rancher. They caused some sensation a few years ago when they came home with no possessions but their white elephant of a castle where they lived for a few weeks, doing all their own chores, before returning to Canada.
After his father's death the present earl was home again for a short ime, and there was vague talk of his staying and taking his seat in the House of Lords. But the ranch in Canada has all his heart, not to mention the rest of him. He must be glad to get rid of the castle. It is
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