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April 8, 2013: Timothy Torrington the 11th Viscount Torrington stands with
a painting of his ancestor Admiral Sir George Byng the 1st Viscount
Torrington, in Mere, Somerset, England.APApril 8, 2013: Timothy Torrington
, the 11th Viscount Torrington poses in his sitting room with paintings
of ancestors, in Mere, Somerset, England.APApril 8, 2013: Timothy Torrington
, the 11th Viscount Torrington poses in his sitting room with paintings
of ancestors, in Mere, Somerset, England.APLONDON Viscount Timothy Torrington's
story reads like a real-life version of "Downton Abbey," the hit period
drama about the family of an earl who has no direct heir
to inherit his title.Like the fictional character Lord Grantham, the aristocrat
has three daughters but no sons. In order for his title to
live on in future generations, the 69-year-old has no choice but to
pass it to a distant relative abroad, someone he has not even
met."It's a sadness in life that my wife and I never had
a son," said the viscount, who lives with his wife in the
countryside west of London. "But I suppose I would rather someone inherit
it than have it dying out.""Downton Abbey" may be set in the
early 20th century and its characters may be fictional, but the effects
of a centuries-old rule that puts boys before girls are very real
to Torrington and hundreds of hereditary peers in modern Britain. It's still
a man's world when it comes to inheritance among Britain's peerage, an
arc
w confusion and resentment over inheritance
among existing heirs and their siblings.Titles can't be split, and splitting
a mansion isn't always a good idea either."Inheriting a great draughty mansion
with obligations is not everybody's idea of fun in 2013. Even worse
is to inherit a minority interest in it -- for example, a
split between five heirs," said Roderick Balfour, an earl who has four
daughters and no son.Balfour recently wrote to the government to propose
a compromise: A title should pass to first-born daughters, but only in
cases when there is no son. It's not exactly gender equality, he
said, but it would at least present a workable solution to families
like his.Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said he was "sympathetic"
to extending the royal reforms to titles, but the government has indicated
it isn't going to act soon to tackle the issue -- not
least because few Britons are likely to rally behind moves to preserve
the nobility.James Gray, a campaigner for the anti-monarchy group Republic,
concedes that the international success of "Downton Abbey" -- which has
won millions of fans in the U.S. and elsewhere -- may signal
a widespread fascination with the lives of blue bloods, but that doesn't
mean people at home admire or want to emulate a crusty upper
class.He raised another point: Since monarchy and aristocracy are inherently
unfair and discriminatory, some may see achieving gender equality in those
institutions as r
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