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Hungerford was the son and heir of Anthony Hungerford (1607/8-1657) by his wife Rachel Jones, daughter of Rice Jones of Asthall, Oxfordshire [2] and was baptised at Black Bourton, Oxfordshire. [3] His father was a supporter of the royalist cause in the Civil War. Hungerford was a student of Queen's College, Oxford, in 1649. He succeeded to the ...
Spendthrift derives from an obsolete sense of the word thrift to mean prosperity rather than frugality, [1] so a "spendthrift" is one who has spent their prosperity. [2] Historical figures who have been characterised as spendthrifts include George IV of the United Kingdom, [3] [4] King Ludwig II of Bavaria, [5] and Marie Antoinette the Queen of ...
Cryptic crossword clues consist typically of a definition and some type of word play. Cryptic crossword clues need to be viewed two ways. One is a surface reading and one a hidden meaning. [27] The surface reading is the basic reading of the clue to look for key words and how those words are constructed in the clue. The second way is the hidden ...
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In the first painting, Tom has come into his fortune on the death of his miserly father. While the servants mourn, he is measured for new clothes. Although he has had a common-law marriage with her, he now rejects the hand of his pregnant fiancée, Sarah Young, whom he had promised to marry (she holds his ring and her mother holds his love letters). [5]
Warren Buffett used his shareholder letter to scorn heirs to huge fortunes planning to ‘live a lifetime of leisure’ Eleanor Pringle February 26, 2024 at 6:27 AM
This is what is known as a spendthrift clause or spendthrift provision. A spendthrift provision creates an irrevocable trust preventing creditors from attaching the interest of the beneficiary in the trust before that interest (cash or property) is actually distributed to him or her.
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