{"id":282426,"date":"2026-01-09T13:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathewingramblog.wordpress.com\/2026\/01\/09\/the-aristocrats-everyone\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:17:24","slug":"the-aristocrats-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2026\/01\/09\/the-aristocrats-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aristocrats, everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283693\" style=\"width:900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It almost seems like a parody of the British aristocracy: a gentleman named Sir Benjamin Slade, 7th Baronet, is advertising for a mate to give him an &#8220;heir and a spare&#8221; and to look after his two castles. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/son-79-old-british-multimillionaire-121147491.html\">news article<\/a>, he is advertising for applicants, offering a salary of \u00a350,000 per year, along with accommodation, meals, and bonus perks, for a woman who &#8220;meets his detailed list of requirements.&#8221; These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You must not be a Scorpio.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You must not read The Guardian newspaper.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You must not be from countries starting with \u201cI\u201d or with green in their flag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taller than 5ft 6in (167 cm)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At least 20 years younger than him (he is 79, so preferably under 60)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A helicopter licence, shotgun licence, driving licence, and legal or accountancy training are listed as bonuses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He also wants someone fit, socially active, and capable of managing his estates and staff.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You must be of childbearing age and a &#8220;good breeder&#8221; capable of producing two sons (an heir and a spare)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s what you are getting, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sir_Benjamin_Slade,_7th_Baronet\">according to his Wikipedia page<\/a>: Slade was in a relationship with socialite Fiona Aitken, wife of&nbsp;George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon, for a few years during the 1990s. From 1995 to 2011, his partner was actress&nbsp;Kirsten Hughes until, in his words, she &#8220;run off with the handyman&#8221;. In 2017, he split from his partner, domestic worker Bridget Convey, because, at the age of 50, she had become too old to supply him with an&nbsp;heir. In the same year, he advertised for a wife, citing that she should have a shotgun licence, a driving license, a&nbsp;coat of arms, and be young enough to have sons. In addition to rejecting candidates from countries beginning with an &#8216;I&#8217; or with green in the flag (with the exception of Italian and northern Indian women), he says he won&#8217;t accept any candidates who are Scottish, lesbians, and\/or communists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It almost seems like a parody of the British aristocracy: a gentleman named Sir Benjamin Slade, 7th Baronet, is advertising for a mate to give him an &#8220;heir and a spare&#8221; and to look after his two castles. According to a news article, he is advertising for applicants, offering a salary of \u00a350,000 per year, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2026\/01\/09\/the-aristocrats-everyone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Aristocrats, everyone&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":282425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}