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Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of BalfourLord Balfour survived her by three years and died in January 1945, aged 91, by which time he was the last surviving member of any of long-serving Prime Minister Salisbury's cabinets.
William Cadogan, 7th Earl CadoganHe inherited his titles on the death of his father on 4 October 1933.
Dominique AmestoyAfter Domingo Amestoy died on January 11, 1892, his sons, John and Peter Amestoy, assumed ranch operations and changed the name to Amestoy ranch.
Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireUpon the death of her husband in 2004, her son Peregrine Cavendish became the 12th Duke of Devonshire.
Morys Bruce, 4th Baron AberdareHe was the eldest son of Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare, and Margaret Bethune Black, and succeeded to his father's title on the latter's death in 1957.
Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron GlentoranUpon the death of his father, the 2nd Baron Glentoran, Dixon inherited his title and retired from business in 1998.
Lord Charles BeresfordLord Beresford died in 1919 at Langwell, Berriedale, Caithness, at the age of 73, at which point his title became extinct.
James Sinclair, 14th Earl of CaithnessLord Caithness died in New York City at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in March 1881, aged 59, and was succeeded in the earldom by his only son George.
Derek Walker-Smith, Baron BroxbourneThe life barony became extinct on his death in 1992 while he was succeeded in the hereditary baronetcy by his son Jonah.
Andrew Tennant (pastoralist)John died in 1950, and left a huge estate which was held in trust by his wife.
Henry Gage, 6th Viscount GageHis father died in 1912, leaving to him the title Viscount Gage when he was only 16.
Sir Dennis Boles, 1st BaronetHe died in July 1935, aged 74, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second but eldest surviving son Gerald.
Edward Turnour, 6th Earl WintertonWinterton died in August 1962, aged 79, when the barony of Turnour became extinct.
Helen CohanUpon his death on November 5, 1942, Cohan divided his estate equally among his widow and four children.
George A. Fuller Fuller died suddenly on December 14, 1900 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, leaving a $ 3 million estate.
Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron SudeleySudeley died in February 1863, aged 62, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Sudeley.
Truxtun BealeUpon the death of Edward Beale in 1893, Truxtun Beale inherited the Tejon Ranch.
John Ruggles-BriseHe inherited the baronetcy on his father's death in 1942.
Doris ThompsonWhen Leonard Thompson died in 1976, Doris Thompson succeeded him as chairmain of the Pleasure Beach, whilst her son Geoffrey Thompson became managing director.
Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th BaronetHe succeeded his brother, Charles, as Baronet in 1877.
Edward Cecil MitfordIn 1970, after the death of his father, he inherited the family estate at Mitford.
Arthur SteereIn 1889 Steere inherited a bequest from his relative Henry J. Steere, a prominent manufacturer, upon the latter's death.
Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of BessboroughUpon the death of his grandfather, ten years later, Ponsonby became the Earl of Bessborough and took his place in the House of Lords until 1931.
Lord Claud Hamilton (1813?1884)His only son Douglas became a soldier and Member of Parliament while his grandson Richard was created a Baronet in 1952 (see Proby Baronets).
Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of LothianLord Lothian died in London in January 1900, aged 66, and was succeeded in the marquessate by his third and only surviving son, Robert.
Aristotle OnassisThis 45 % was the share his son Alexander would have inherited had he not died in 1973.
Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of HardwickeHe died in May 1897, aged 61, and was succeeded in the earldom by his only son, Albert.
John Adams, 1st Baron AdamsAs Lord Adams had no surviving male issue the title became extinct upon his death on 23 August 1960.
Barron HiltonOn December 25, 2007, Hilton announced that he will follow in his father's footsteps by leaving about 97 percent of his estate, estimated at that time to be $ 2.
Alfred, Lord TennysonHe was succeeded as 2nd Baron Tennyson by his son, Hallam, who produced an authorised biography of his father in 1897, and was later the second Governor-General of Australia.
Emanuel Nobel After Alfred Nobel died, in 1896, and his will was disclosed, the heirs of his eldest brother, Robert, displeased by the fact that the major part of their uncle's estate was bequeathed to the creation of the Nobel Foundation and of the Nobel Prizes, started a legal action to invalidate it.
Norman Leslie, 19th Earl of RothesHe succeeded his grandmother in the earldom in 1893.
Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount DilhorneIn 1956 he succeeded his father as fourth Baronet.
Dennistoun BurneyHe succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1929 and was in turn succeeded by his only child.
Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron WigramHe has held the title of Baron Wigram of Clewer, Berkshire, since 1960 when his father Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram died.
Thomas MolonyHis eldest son, Hugh Francis Molony, born in 1900, was a graduate in engineering of Trinity College Dublin and succeeded his father to the baronetcy.
Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron MancroftLord Mancroft died 14 September 1987 at the age of 73, and was succeeded by his only son, Benjamin.
Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 11th BaronetThey had three sons and three daughters, of whom only one son (Philip) and one daughter (Violet) survived to adulthood : On his father's death on 6 April 1881, he inherited the Grey-Egerton Baronetcy, and the family's estate at Oulton Park.
Boni de CastellaneLike his siblings, Boni bore the courtesy title of comte de Castellane, until he inherited his father's title upon the latter's death in 1917.
Randall DavidsonHe died in May 1930, aged 82, when his barony as Lord Davidson of Lambeth became extinct.
John Charles Horsey JamesAfter his father's death died in 1886, he inherited the family Gloucester and Devon estates.
Baron FielakepaHis father Longolongoʻatumai Aleamotuʻa bore the title of'' Lord Fielakepa'' before him ; Sosaia Aleamotuʻa, as the eldest son and second of six children, inherited it upon his father's death in 1997.
George Byng, 3rd Earl of StraffordHe died in March 1898, aged 68, and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother, Henry.
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of ElginThe Earl succeeded to the earldoms and other titles on the death of his father in 1968.
J. Robert OppenheimerUpon the death of Kitty Oppenheimer, who died of an intestinal infection complicated by pulmonary embolism in October 1972, Oppenheimer's ranch in New Mexico was inherited by their son Peter, and the beach property was inherited by their daughter Katherine'' Toni'' Oppenheimer Silber.
Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron ChalfontHis life peerage is the most senior extant (since the death of Lord Shawcross in 2003), and Lord Chalfont is placed higher in the order of precedence than four hereditary barons whose inherited titles postdate his.
George MakgillAfter his father died in 1906, Makgill established his claim to the Baronetcy of Makgill, and continued to petition for the revival of the Lordship and Viscountcy of Oxfuird.
Vincent MeredithThe Montreal Gazette said of him : Sir Vincent Meredith died in 1929 without children, and as such his short-lived baronetcy became extinct.
George Fuller (British politician)Fuller inherited a share in the family brewery (in Chiswick, London) on his father's death in 1872, and was also chairman of Avon Rubber in Melksham.
Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of MayoHe succeeded as Earl of Mayo on on the death of his father Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo in 1872.
John WanamakerAt his death his estate was estimated to be $ 100 million (USD), ($ today) divided equally among his three living children : second son Rodman Wanamaker, who was made sole inheritor of the store businesses (Rodman died in 1928 leaving the businesses with a documented worth of $ 35 million -LSB- $ today -RSB- in a trust) ; and granddaughters Mary'' Minnie'' Wanamaker Warburton (Mrs. Barclay Warburton) Patricia'' Paddy'' W. Estelle and Elizabeth Wanamaker McLeod who all received substantial stocks, real estate, and cash instruments.
Alexander Livingstone BruceOn his death on 1893, aged 54, title to his African assets passed under his will to the A L Bruce Trust, whose main beneficiaries were his two sons.
Harry Grey, 8th Earl of StamfordOn the accidental death of his third cousin George Grey, 7th Earl of Stamford in 1883, he inherited the titles of Earl of Stamford and Baron Grey of Groby, and the estate (which was the ancient'' family seat'') at Dunham Massey in Cheshire.
Guy de RothschildOn his father's death in 1949, Guy de Rothschild took formal control of the business.
Alan Sainsbury, Baron SainsburyWhen Alan's son John became a peer in 1989, he took the title Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover to differentiate between them.
Sir Evelyn Bradford, 2nd BaronetUpon his father's death in 1914, Edward assumed the title of 3rd Baronet at the age of just four.
John Howard ParnellDue to the terms of the bequest to the family, it was the younger son Charles who inherited the family estate of Avondale when their father died in 1859, while John inherited another estate in Armagh.
Randolph Wemyss Following the early death of his father in March 1864, he inherited the Lairdship and the estates.
Gerald Cadogan, 6th Earl CadoganHe was the son of George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan and inherited his titles on 6 March 1915 on the death of his father, two elder brothers having died without male heirs.
Maria AlfordOf her two sons the elder, John William Spencer Brownlow Egerton-Cust, succeeded his grandfather as second Earl Brownlow, and, dying unmarried in 1867, was succeeded by his younger brother, Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, third Earl Brownlow.
George Agnew His father had been created Baronet Agnew, of Great Stanhope Street in 1895.
Piers Wedgwood, 4th Baron WedgwoodUpon the death of his father in 1970, Wedgwood succeeded to the title of Baron Wedgwood as the fourth Baron.
Alexander Tom CussonsIn 1905 his father died and Alexander took complete control of the Cussons Company.
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of DevonshireHe succeeded his grandfather in the earldom of Burlington in 1834 and entered the House of Lords.
Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of BurmaHer grandfather died in 1921, leaving her # 2 million (# in today's pounds), the country seat of Broadlands, Hampshire and the palatial London townhouse, Brooke House, at a time when her future husband's naval salary was # 610 per annum (# in today pounds).
Alcione SorticaAlso, is addicted to crossword puzzles, inherited by his grandson Lucas (2004).
John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland John Sinclair died in 1925, and was succeeded to the barony by his son.
Sam WaltonHe left his ownership in Wal-Mart to his wife and their children : Rob Walton succeeded his father as the Chairman of the Board of Wal-Mart, and John Walton was a director until his death in a 2005 plane crash.
Kenneth Street (jurist)His youngest son Sir Laurence achieved in 1974 the rare distinction of occupying the same office of chief justice as had his father and grandfather.
Konstantin FrankIn 1993, Fred Frank, Konstantin's grandson, succeeded his father as President of Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars.
Queen Elizabeth The Queen MotherBorn into a family of British nobility as The Honourable Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, she became Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon when her father inherited the Scottish Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne in 1904.
Samuel Osborne-GibbesThe Second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Osborne some years after his inheritance of the title in 1815.
Ida RosenthalUpon Coleman's death in 1968, Ida's daughter Beatrice Rosenthal Coleman gained control over the company.
John Egerton, 6th Duke of SutherlandUpon his return in 1944, he succeeded his father as Earl of Ellesmere.
Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount NovarIn 1864 his father inherited the estates of Novar in Ross-shire and Muirton, Morayshire, and took the additional surname Munro.
Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of TankervilleHe became known by the courtesy title Lord Ossulston on the death of his grandfather in 1822.
Mervyn Herbert, Viscount CliveIn 1929, at the death of his mother, he inherited the title of Baron Darcy de Knayth, making him a peer in his own right (while retaining the higher title of Viscount Clive by courtesy).
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of NewcastleNewcastle died in October 1864, aged 53, and was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest son, Henry.
Takeichi NishiIn 1912, at the age of 10, he succeeded to the title of Baron upon the death of his father.
John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne The son of Captain William Palmer, Viscount Wolmer, in turn son of Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne, and the Honourable Grace Ridley, Lord Selborne succeeded to his grandfather's titles in 1971.
George Harris, 4th Baron HarrisHe died in March 1932, aged 82, and was succeeded in the barony by his son George.
Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of DalhousieIn April 1852, he succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Panmure.
Patricia PreeceAfter he was knighted in 1959, she always insisted on being styled Lady Spencer and claimed a pension as his widow.
Yidele HorowitzIndeed, Rabbi Horowitz's father died in 1943 in Plaszow near Cracow ; Rabbi Yidele was his only surviving son.
Hannah Primrose, Countess of RoseberyHe succeeded his father as 6th Earl of Rosebery and died in 1974.
Sir John Rose, 1st BaronetHis eldest son inherited the title and in 1909 his second son, Sir Charles Day Rose was created 1st Baronet Rose of Hardwick House in his own right.
Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of SoutheskWhen his father succeeded to the earldom in 1905 he was styled Lord Carnegie as the eldest son of the Earl of Southesk.
Valerie, Lady MeuxWhen she died on 20 December 1910, he willingly changed his name by Royal Warrant and inherited the Hertfordshire estate and a substantial interest in the Meux Brewery.
Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Baronet On the death of his father, on 10 January 1929, he became the fourth Baronet.
Charles IshamIn 1846, on the death of his elder brother, he succeeded to the baronetcy.
Tichborne case daguerrotype s taken in South America in 1853 -- 54 On 19 June 1853 La Pauline reached Valparaiso, where letters informed Roger that his father had succeeded to the baronetcy, Sir Edward having died in May.
Baruch SorotzkinIn 1964, when the Telz Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Katz died, Sorotzkin together with Rabbi Mordechai Gifter assumed the leadership of the yeshiva.
Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of CraigmillarHis wife died in 2004, but he was survived by their five children, the eldest of whom, the Hon. David Gilmour, succeeded to his father's baronetcy.
Thomas Lopton Campbell, Jr.His father, Thomas Lopton Campbell, had served in the War of 1812 and his grandfather, John Campbell of the Argyll Campbells of Scotland, was a soldier in the American Revolution and a member of Clan Campbell.
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of AthloneRupert was to inherit the title of Earl of Athlone, but he died on 15 April 1928, ten days shy of his twenty-first birthday, meaning the third creation of the title became extinct with the death of the first earl.
Charles BidwillHis widow, Violet, inherited the team and ran it until her own death in 1962.
Kamisese MaraWhilst the title Tui Lau is not hereditary it has been left vacant by his cousin ¹ Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, who had died in 1958.
AbingIn 1914, upon the death of his father, Abing took charge of the temple along with his cousin.
Sir Charles Gladstone, 6th BaronetHe succeeded to the title of 6th Baronet Gladstone, of Fasque and Balfour on 2 March 1967, following the death of his older brother, Sir Albert Charles Gladstone, the 5th Baronet.
John Penn (engineer)When his father died in 1843 the sole possession of the works passed to Penn, although for some years previously he had had sole management of the works.