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Earl of Egmont Hurt. Canadian farmer who got title in auto crash. London, May 12. - The Earl of Egmont was critically injured in an automobile acciden(...)
Earl of Egmont Hurt. Canadian farmer who got title in auto crash. London, May 12. - The Earl of Egmont was critically injured in an automobile acciden(...)

Earl of Egmont Hurt. Canadian farmer who got title in auto crash. London, May 12. - The Earl of Egmont was critically injured in an automobile acciden(...)

Date3/18/1929
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Original Toronto Star caption: Earl of Egmont Hurt. Canadian farmer who got title in auto crash. London; May 12. - The Earl of Egmont was critically injured in an automobile accident today at Cadnam; New Forest. He succeeed to his title in 1931; after rancing for years in Alberta; Canada; The Earl of Egmont in 1929 was just F. J. T. Perceval; a widower; living as a farmer in Alberta with his 14-year-old son. He became tenth Earl of Egmont following the death of the ninth earl. He is the great-great-grandson of the second Earl of Egmont. Perceval's father; before becoming an earl; was a policeman in Durban; South African. The present earl came into a million dollar estate with a seat in the House of Lords.
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0045594F
The Earl of Egmont, Canadian farmer who inherited a title and estates in England, is again living happily on his farm near Calgary. In the above pictu(...)
The Earl of Egmont, Canadian farmer who inherited a title and estates in England, is again living happily on his farm near Calgary. In the above pictu(...)
9/19/1936
Quebec, June 29. - Frederick Perceval, Earl of Egmont, regained his native shores early to-day, hid away in a cabin of the Empress of Britain and refu(...)
Quebec, June 29. - Frederick Perceval, Earl of Egmont, regained his native shores early to-day, hid away in a cabin of the Empress of Britain and refu(...)
6/29/1932
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the memorial of John, earl of Egmont, [desiring ''from His Majesty a grant of the whole island of Saint John's in the Gulph of Saint Laurence''
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the memorial of John, earl of Egmont, [desiring ''from His Majesty a grant of the whole island of Saint John's in the Gulph of Saint Laurence''
1763
Mrs. Egmont Frankel, right, a founder of the Canadian Cancer Society, pins a corsage on Ontario's new Lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon at her firs(...)
Mrs. Egmont Frankel, right, a founder of the Canadian Cancer Society, pins a corsage on Ontario's new Lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon at her firs(...)
4/17/1974
Off to dinner party, at the home of Mrs. Egmont Frankel, Princess Margaret leaves the Royal York Hotel by car last night. Mrs. Frankel is honorary cha(...)
Off to dinner party, at the home of Mrs. Egmont Frankel, Princess Margaret leaves the Royal York Hotel by car last night. Mrs. Frankel is honorary cha(...)
10/5/1967
Stock promoter Myer (Mike) Rush arrives in police car for his first appearance in court since he was critically injured in bomb attack Nov. 10. Bail f(...)
Stock promoter Myer (Mike) Rush arrives in police car for his first appearance in court since he was critically injured in bomb attack Nov. 10. Bail f(...)
1/4/1968
German bride, Mrs. Earl Beninger, now in Port Arthur, drops a line to Canadian soldier-husband who is still in London while her new mother - in - law,(...)
German bride, Mrs. Earl Beninger, now in Port Arthur, drops a line to Canadian soldier-husband who is still in London while her new mother - in - law,(...)
5/7/1947
Former Carmaker Earl Brownridge says Americans have forgotten the unpleasant alternatives that led them to agree to the Canada-U.S. auto trade pact Some U.S. politicians are complaining about what they lost in the deal, but Brownridge say Americans and Canadians are better off.
Former Carmaker Earl Brownridge says Americans have forgotten the unpleasant alternatives that led them to agree to the Canada-U.S. auto trade pact Some U.S. politicians are complaining about what they lost in the deal, but Brownridge say Americans and Canadians are better off.
7/31/1970
Case of the Right Hon. Alexander, earl of Stirling and Dovan, respecting His Lordship's title to Nova Scotia and other territorial possessions in North America, containing a narrative of the proceedings taken on His Lordship's behalf for the restitution of the property, with observations thereon
Case of the Right Hon. Alexander, earl of Stirling and Dovan, respecting His Lordship's title to Nova Scotia and other territorial possessions in North America, containing a narrative of the proceedings taken on His Lordship's behalf for the restitution of the property, with observations thereon
1833
Earl Windatt: Angry Beaverton farmer branded cattle, but that didn't stop theft
Earl Windatt: Angry Beaverton farmer branded cattle, but that didn't stop theft
7/8/1982
Survivor of the great polio epidemic of 1937, Earl Eden, above, was 6 when he got the disease (at right in small picture), about the age of grandson he shows quarantine sign to
Survivor of the great polio epidemic of 1937, Earl Eden, above, was 6 when he got the disease (at right in small picture), about the age of grandson he shows quarantine sign to
9/1/1987
A letter to the Right Hon. Earl Bathurst, Lord Goderich, and the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London, in refutation of some of the gross misstatement(...)
A letter to the Right Hon. Earl Bathurst, Lord Goderich, and the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London, in refutation of some of the gross misstatement(...)
1828