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The Druce Case History and the Portland Claim
A London correspondent reviews the Druce-Portland legal battle over a supposed double life of the fifth Duke of Portland. The case centers on a disputed grave and a complex family tangle involving Thomas Druce and heirs, with trials that could run for weeks and a property saga valued at about £16,000,000.
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Druce-Portland
London
Druce
New York Post
Marquis of Casanova
Duc de Lauzun
Fifth Duke of Portland
George Bentinck
England
Robert Peel
John Bentinck
Eton
Harrow
Oxford
Cambridge
Bowes
Annie May Berkeley
Welbeck
Worksop
Harcourt House
Welbeck Abbey
Thomas Charles Drace
Old Drace
Bury St. Edmunds
Crickmer
I. C. Druce
Baker Street
Annie May
Herbert Druce
George Hollamby Druce
St. Druce
Duke of Portland
Highgate
Herberice
Portland
Howard de Walden
Er Inves