I was going to inherit this great estate from our childless uncle.

He is also the heir to his childless uncle.

The children were brought up by their childless uncle, Sir John Norreys.

Charles succeeded his childless uncle Thomas in 1744 and was succeeded by his brother William in 1753.

His twice married but childless uncle chose Steuart to be the executor of his will, 1726.

The childless uncle of the former king was later elected as Charles XIII.

Although William's fortunes grew with his father's company, he became a truly wealthy man when he inherited the estate, worth around $500,000, of his childless uncle.

In addition, his ventures into farming proved unprofitable, and he lost an expected inheritance when an elderly childless uncle remarried and had children.

For the first year of his life, George was the only heir to the German territories of his father and three childless uncles.

Succeeded on the death of his childless uncle, 17 June 1899.