Sir Richard la Touche Colthurst, 9th Baronet (14 August 1928 – 22 March 2003) succeeded as 9th Colthurst Baronetcy in February 1955 following the death of his father Sir Richard St John Jefferyes Colthurst, 8th Baronet.

Family dispute

In 1999, a series of family disputes ended up in the courts. These included rights of way, issues concerning two shops at

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and the ownership of the furniture in Blarney Castle where Sir Richard lived. Despite earlier reaching an agreement with his parents that they owned the furniture in July 1999, their son

Sir Charles St John Colthurst, 10th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

requested that a

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of this agreement.{{cite news, title=Son fails in action against parents on ownership, url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/son-fails-in-action-against-parents-on-ownership-1.243340, accessdate=9 December 2017, work=The Irish Times He is the father of

James Colthurst James Richard Colthurst (born 7 March 1957) is an Irish-born British aristocrat, radiologist, and medical business consultant. He worked as a radiologist at London's St Thomas' Hospital and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinbur ...

, a close friend to

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. On his death, he left an estate valued at £232,305 net.{{cite news, title=Latest wills, url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/latest-wills-l2c32dj28rz, accessdate=9 December 2017, work=The Times, issue=23 August 2004, date=2004

References

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Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...

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