Occasional Magazine N.S. Vol.4 (2016)
Money, Politics and Family: The Life of Frederick Richard West MP of Ruthin Castle and Arnewood House, Hordle by Barry Jolly.
West came from a cadet line of the Earls de la Warr, He married Theresa Whitby, heiress of Admiral Cornwallis. Teresa’s mother, Mrs M A T Whitby who owned Newlands in Milford, regarded him as a fortune hunter, and this article explores his own propensity to spend in the context of similar propensities of his father, grandfather, son and grandson. Ultimately this led to bankruptcy, the sale of Newlands and the disposal of its contents.
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