to fall heir to a large estate
1heir — n. 1) to fall heir (to fall heir to a large estate) 2) an heir apparent; an heir presumptive 3) an immediate; rightful heir 4) heir to * * * [eə] an heir presumptive rightful heir an immediate an heir apparent heir to to fall heir (to fall heir… …
2heir — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ legal, legitimate, rightful ▪ the rightful heir to the throne ▪ natural, real, true ▪ …
3Harold Lloyd Estate — Infobox nrhp | name =Harold Lloyd Estate nrhp type = caption = location= 1740 Green Acres Place, Beverly Hills, California locmapin = California area = built =1928 architect= Webber, Staunton Spaulding; Multiple architecture= Late 19th And 20th… …
4United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
5Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
6Byzantine Empire — the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in A.D. 476. Cap.: Constantinople. * * * Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony… …
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8William Petre — Sir William Petre (circa 1505 – 1572) was born in Devon in 1505 and educated as a lawyer at Exeter College, Oxford. He became a public servant, probably through the influence of the Boleyns, one of whom, George, he had tutored at Oxford and… …
9Washington, George — born Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland county, Va. died Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, Va., U.S. American Revolutionary commander in chief (1775–83) and first president of the U.S. (1789–97). Born into a wealthy family, he was educated privately. In 1752 …
10Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury — The Earl of Shaftesbury Lord Shaftesbury in the estate library, July 2010 Born Nicholas Edmund Anthony Ashley Cooper 3 June 1979 (1979 06 03) (age 32) London, England …
