Dukes Obituaries

 Subject: Re: 14th Duke of Bedford (1940-2003) 

From: "Brian Watson"

Newsgroups: alt.talk.royalty, uk.people.dead, alt.obituaries

"Michael Rhodes" wrote in message

> He suffered a stroke in 1988 while he was the Marquess of Tavistock,
> and had funded the Tavistock Unit in which he died "in gratitude" for
> the care he received, the spokeswoman said.


Sounds like a rather extreme way to express gratitude.