THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE OLD SQUIRES. [To THE EDITOR OF
THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—We have noticed in the Spectator of January 27th an article entitled "The Disappearance of the Old Squires," based apparently upon an announcement which has recently appeared in some of the London and provincial papers, that the Charlecote Park Estate will shortly be in the market for sale. This report has caused the owner, Mr. H. R. Fairfax Lucy, great annoyance, and he has requested us, as his London agents, to emphatically contradict it. The mansion, certainly, is to be let furnished, with the shooting over the property, and this fact may have given rise to the rumour ; but it is not, nor has it ever been, contemplated to sell the estate. We shall be obliged if you will kindly give the same prominent publicity to this correction as to the article already referred [We are heartily glad to receive the denial, and hope it will be true three hundred years hence.—En. Spectator.]
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