He has a 1,300-acre estate and a nine-month supply of frozen sperm — now he just needs a “good breeder.”
Sir Benjamin Slade, 79, of Britain has made Tinder accounts, taken out newspaper ads and starred in a TV series all in an effort to find a wife to produce an heir — and a spare — for his multimillion-dollar fortune.
The baronet — a title just below baron and above most knights — revived his decades-long search for a spouse this week, listing a bizarre range of requirements for any future bride.
Scorpios, Guardian news-outlet readers and people from countries beginning with the letter ‘I’ or with green in the flag need not apply, Sir Benjamin said.
A helicopter license and legal expertise would be useful, he said.
And obviously, he’s searching for a woman three to four decades younger for his main need: ensuring his estate gets passed along to his spawn while marrying their mom to fully secure the deal. He added that if his future wife has a daughter somewhere in between, that’s OK with him, too.
“You want a new car, you get a new car, not some old banger,” the lesser noble said in an interview with the UK’s Independent.
Sir Benjamin is the seventh Baronet of Maunsel House — holding the lowest hereditary title in the British honor hierarchy — and has been searching for a wife for decades to bear his sons.
The baronet was previously married to Pauline Myburgh but divorced her in 1991, claiming her 17 cats were too much for him to manage. The couple never had children.
After successful IVF treatment, he fathered a daughter with American poet Sahara Sunday Spain in 2021 but then called off two weddings with her and doesn’t have contact with his child.
“It’s unbelievable after everything that’s happened, he’s still talking about wanting babies,” Spain told the Daily Mail.
The new lady of Sir Benjamin’s house would receive an annual salary of 50,000 British pounds — or a little more than $66,000 — with housing and meals included, although the Baronet is struggling with liquidity and would prefer if his wife had wealth of her own.
“A little private capital and income would be helpful. A large fortune would be more helpful!” reads Sir Benjamin’s list.
The baronet is reportedly in talks to sell his grand estate, which his family has owned since 1772, to a luxury hotel group. He previously rented out his estate for weddings, but the business took a massive hit during the pandemic.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
