Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-06-18
AN IRISH CLAIMANT

Frank Floods Travels From ANA,
the Old Sod in Quest of r"aeeHs1
The Central News Dublin
s%pondent had an interview vi,
Frank Flood, the American, msl
Travelled to Ireland to esto, r'
claim to valuable estates in y
Kilkenny. According to the c,,;'
King Charles II. granted the es..a
a distinguished soldier, ColonS |
lam Warren and had issue =
John and Anne. His sons died WY
issue. Anne married Major :.
Flood, an English officer residinn
neighboring estate at Callan. u.
the Warren property in right
wife, and was the founder of tho y
family in Ireland. There were,s,.
the marriage seven sons and one d.
ter. The eldest son, Warren y
became Lord Chief Justice of Trail
and by his marriage with a Miss vi
side. had three children, of whom
survivor was the statesman 4
Flood, the contemporary of Chan
Pitt and Grattan. The great
Grattan, as he was called, ma
Lady Beresford, daughter of thu
of Tyrone, and died without
BY his will in 1890, subject to
estate to his wife, he devisedthc %
of Trinity College, Dublin, in n
establish Il professorship of the
Erse or Irish languages; but the
Lord Chancellor Manners and ;
Chief Justice Downes held that no }
estate passed to the College, there n
no statute enabling a person to ID
to bodies corporate, and that the|
over to charitable uses was not
that a court of equity ought to excl
Thus Henry's line becoming exit
the property became vested in ]
Flood, founder of the family.
John Flood made his will in 1907
vising the lands to Lord Doncraile
Richard Aldworth, in trust to the II;
his eldest son John for life witt
mainder entail male, with sin
remainder respecting his other
dren, Robert and Elizabeth,
ing which to the use of
own right heirs forever, AM
and for no other use, intent, or
pose whatsoever. John died in
without issue, and anticipated tina
brother Robert and sister Eliza
would also die without issue. II
rected the lands to be sold. R
predeceased him, and Elizabeth,
succeeded to the property, died in
without issue. She assigned the
to William Lloyd, the defendar
the action brought by the pr
claimant, conditionally on his a;
ing the surname of Flood an
Flood family arms. 1t is ais
legged that the defendant bough
lands, under the power Of sale inJ
will, from the trustees. The defer
is a graduate of Cambridge, and
ried Miss Hartford, daughter of a
glish Baronet, through whom
rives estates in Worcestershire.
accordingly took the surname Of
ford, so that his name is given ii
writ with aliases, the last being Wi
Lloyd. Hanford Flood, the CLAIM
maintains that on the death of Y
beth the rightful heir was his brt
Henry, a %lunatic, who died in Am
on the 18th of May, 1881, without
leaving the claimant, his next bro
and heir at law. Asked why h
not assert his claim before, he sal
left ireland in his boyhood durin
famine period and that family a
induced him to return to Irelal
1875, when he obtained his own
tismal and his fathers marriage &C
cate, but he could do nothing dr
his brothers lifetime.
In August last he again visited
land, and ever since has been eng
in searching registries and huntin!
information. He has served notice
the tenants cautioning them az;
paying rent to the defendant. On
other hand, the defendant put
claimant upon proof of title and pl
the statute of limitations. He has
tanned the Attorney General,
Walker. The claimant says h
sanguine of winning on his documen
proofs, which are of considerable
| ume.-GIaS0Ow DniLn Mail.