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#18785295 at 2023-05-02 14:15:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23053: Tuesday Morning Melania Edition
The wife of one of Scotland's wealthiest men has died aged 68, her family has said.
Lady Elizabeth Kerr, the Duchess of Buccleuch, died on Sunday morning. She married the current Duke of Buccleuch, Richard Scott, in 1981, going on to have four children.
She worked in radio and took a keen interest in the arts, founding a prize named after Walter Scott for aspiring young writers.
The Duke of Buccleuch was until recent years Scotland's biggest landowner, until he was overtaken by the Danish billionaire and rewilding enthusiast Anders Holch Povlsen.
The family owns four estates in central Scotland, in the Scottish Border, and rural Northamptonshire.
The Duke is due to play a ceremonial role in the King's Coronation at the weekend, by carrying the Sceptre with Cross, a piece of royal regalia, to the altar at Westminster Abbey. It is understood that he is now unlikely to attend, though a final decision has not been made.
Benny Higgins, the executive chairman of Buccleuch - which manages the business interests of the family, said: "The Duke of Buccleuch and his family have announced that, very sadly, on Sunday morning the duchess died after a short illness following an operation.
Literary award
"The Duchess was the most wonderful, life-enhancing spirit and our hearts go out to the family as they come to terms with their loss."
The Duchess was educated at the London School of Economics, gaining a bachelor's degree in sociology, before going on to work on BBC Radio 4's Kaleidoscope programme and then moving to BBC Radio Solway after marrying the Duke.
Her primary interest, however, was in the arts, where she founded the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, a leading literary award for which she served as a judge.
She subsequently established the Young Walter Scott Prize for aspiring writers.
The Duchess was also involved in a number of other arts organisations, serving as the chairwoman of Scottish Ballet and the Heritage Education Trust as well as being a trustee of the National Museums of Scotland and the British Museum.
She is survived by her husband, four children and 11 grandchildren. She was the daughter of Peter Kerr, the 12th Marquess of Lothian, and the sister of Michael Ancram, the former Conservative MP and deputy leader.
There will be a private family service in the Scottish Borders, with a service to celebrate he Duchess's life to be announced at a later date.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/01/duchess-of-Buccleuch-Duke-literary-award/
#8446468 at 2020-03-17 05:26:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10814: The Funkalicious Get Dawn - We Ain't Sleepin' Edition
RUSPOLI CRIME CARTEL
By: Ahuwah Zeus
The Ruspoli family is one of the most wicked criminal bloodlines and they are part owners of the Vatican with princely titles all over Italy and Spain. The family has ancestry from Scotland through their Marescotti lineage and they have some covert authority over Scottish Rite Freemasonry. There is still a noble Scotti family in Italy called the Gallarati-Scotti family and they reside in Lombardy. The Marescottis are likely related to the Scott clan of Scotland currently headed up by Richard Scott the 10th Duke of Buccleuch. The House of Ruspoli are also intermarried with the Orsini, Bourbon, Giustiniani, Corsini, Bonaparte, and Massimo families and are involved with Italian banking and military. They also covertly work with a branch of the Russian House of Romanov. Many members of the Ruspoli family have been Knights of Malta. Prince Alessandro Ruspoli was a direct descendent of the Mattarazzo family of Brazil. The Mattarazzo family originated in Italy before immigrating to Brazil. Count Francisco Matarazzo founded Industrias Reunidas Matarazzo S.A which was one of the largest companies in Brazil and Prince Alessandro "Dado" Ruspoli inherited a portion of its wealth through his mother Claudia de Conti Mattarazzo. The Ruspoli family have some authority over the South American drug cartels through former princes like Marcantonio Mario Ruspoli III of Brazil and Don Carlo Maurizio Ruspoli of Argentina. Today Prince Lilio Sforza Ruspoli has tourist properties on the island of Margarita in Venezuela. The Russian born Margarita Louis-Dreyfus who is worth over 9 billion makes human sacrifices on the Island of Margarita.
Prince Dado Ruspoli was also an actor and in the movie Godfather III
#6273736 at 2019-04-22 16:32:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8022: Easter Egg Roll 2019 Edition
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6288013/How-billionaire-Anders-Holch-Povlsen-45-largest-landowner-ELEVEN-vast-estates.html
He began building this ever-growing property portfolio 12 years ago, in the autumn of 2006, with the £7.9 million acquisition of Glenfeshie, a 42,000-acre patch of the Cairngorms National Park.
Anders Povlsen with wife Anne Bryllup owns 11 Scottish estates, and a castle, covering an astonishing 221,000 acres +9
Anders Povlsen with wife Anne Bryllup owns 11 Scottish estates, and a castle, covering an astonishing 221,000 acres
Aldourie Castle is set within 500 acres of prime Scottish real estate near Loch Ness and is owned by Povlsen +9
Aldourie Castle is set within 500 acres of prime Scottish real estate near Loch Ness and is owned by Povlsen
Two years later, he spent another £15.5 million acquiring the 23,000-acre Braeroy estate near Fort William, nearby Tulloch, and Lynaberack in the Cairngorms. Four estates were added between 2011 and 2015, and another three in 2016.
Today his Scottish landholdings, many of which we show on these pages, cover an area half the size of Worcestershire, and recently surpassed the mere 217,000 acres owned by the Duke of Buccleuch.
As a result, the reclusive Dane became Britain's biggest private landowner, kicking the Dukes of Atholl (144,000), Northumberland (100,000) and Westminster (133,000) off their aristocratic perches, and making the Prince of Wales, who owns a paltry 130,000 acres, look like a veritable pauper.
Povlsen, 45, owes his ability to scoop up real estate to Bestseller, the vast fashion empire founded by his father, Troels, in 1975. Starting with a single store in the small Danish town of Brande, the company is now behind a sprawling empire that employs 15,000 people and owns brands such as Jack & Jones and Vero Moda, along with almost 30 per cent of ASOS, Britain's biggest internet fashion retailer. Its success has helped him build a fortune estimated at £5.4 billion.
Though he lives with partner Anne Storm Pedersen, 40, at Constantinsborg, a neo-classical former royal palace near Aarhus, he's famed for driving a battered VW Golf.
The couple, who met when Anne began working in sales for Bestseller, send their four children to state schools.
Povlesen's first buy was Glenfeshie, whose 42,000 acres inspired Sir Edwin Landseer's Monarch of the Glen +9
Povlesen's first buy was Glenfeshie, whose 42,000 acres inspired Sir Edwin Landseer's Monarch of the Glen
Wild hunt: The 19,500 acre Gaick estate in the Cairngorms is accessible only by off-road vehicle +9
Wild hunt: The 19,500 acre Gaick estate in the Cairngorms is accessible only by off-road vehicle
The Ben Loyal lodge and estate were snapped up by Povlsen back in 2012 which makes up 24,000 acres +9
The Ben Loyal lodge and estate were snapped up by Povlsen back in 2012 which makes up 24,000 acres
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In typical Scandinavian style, their Scottish estates are run according to egalitarian principles. They are devoted to 're-wilding' - a trendy ecological practice in which landowners allow their estates to return to a 'natural state'.
They have duly embarked on Britain's biggest reforestation project, planting millions of trees and culling thousands of deer which have no natural predator, so have traditionally roamed the mountains in unnaturally large herds.
At Glenfeshie, between 600 and 700 are killed each year, meaning the remainder are no longer forced to graze at forest margins, and indigenous plants can flourish along with the animal life they support.
It's part of a 200-year project to restore 'natural balance' to the landscape, at a cost of roughly £10 million a year. Povlsen has also mooted the idea of reintroducing Lynx and wolves to the Highlands.
But his stewardship has not been without critics.
Owners of neighbouring sporting estates have voiced criticism of his deer management, saying it reduces the number of stags for their clients to stalk.
Meanwhile, Left-leaning tub-thumpers from both the Labour and ruling SNP parties have voiced chippy complaints about the injustice of a single wealthy foreigner now owning such vast swathes of Scotland.
What no one can deny is the economic boost that Povlsen brings to this under-populated and relatively disadvantaged corner of Britain.
For in addition to 're-wilding', the billionaire has poured millions of pounds into converting lodges, cottages and farmhouses into upmarket holiday retreats.
hunting castles and lodges for the rich