After death duties, not very much came down to me, as you can imagine.
After this date, and until 18 March 1986, a form of death duty called capital transfer tax applied.
The current form of death duty is called inheritance tax.
The modern form of death duties is the inheritance tax.
In 1926 to meet the heavy death duties the house was let and its contents were sold at auction.
When the 8th Duke died in 1908 over £500,000 of death duties became due.
It is comparable to a death duty or inheritance tax.
You see there were two lots of death duties quite soon after each other.
He was forced to sell the estate in 1900 to pay death duties.
"You know what death duties are like, sir," said the younger man.