Mr. Balfour’s Fortune: If Mr. Balfour shares with Mr. Pitt the peculiarity as a Prime Minister of celibacy, he certainly had not remained a bachelor for the reason with it is believe weighed strongly with his great predecessor – inadequate means. … continued discussion … Pitt’s private fortune was but a few thousand pounds, and his eldest brother was obliged at his mother’s death to part with Burton Pynsent, the estate which Lord Chatham owned to the freak of an eccentric baronet, and which, except his pension, was about all he had. … continues …
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