Talk:Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, 12th Baronet

What bit was missing?
Removed pending proof:

Source? Relevance? Tearlach 14:38, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Size of estate
The figure of £6million is cited in nearly every newspaper report pertaining to Isabella Blow's death (except the Daily Mail, who said £7m). We can cite a few more if required. Confirmation of the figure would be interesting, but going by the Wikipedia verifiability criteria, I can't see grounds for calling such a widely cited figure "alleged" - unless some reliable source has also cast doubt on it. Tearlach 11:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

I just found Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2007 May 10. As they say there, an 'official' figure is going to be hard to find and may not be reliable. But it doesn't alter my view that £6m is the reported figure, and insider opinion - or even solid insider information - shouldn't come into this unless it's published somewhere. Tearlach 11:52, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Tearlach finds that The Times (Latest wills, April 5, 1997) says "Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, of Nantwich, Cheshire, left estate valued at Pounds 3,962,702 net". It is inappropriate for anybody to gross that up by 40% and the net figure should be quoted being the only figure that is properly sourced. - Kittybrewster  (talk) 18:51, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree, but I think we're bound to cite both: I don't think it's on - per WP:V - to over-ride multiple UK newspaper references on grounds of one, and my guess about it being gross vs net is OR unless someone else published it. I've removed the figure from the article, and added a footnote about the conflicting sources.
 * Happy to go with whatever the consensus is for handling a source conflict. Tearlach 23:03, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Johns or Clifford Johns?
Clifford Johns unless a WP:RS shows otherwise. - Kittybrewster  (talk) 09:22, 31 August 2007 (UTC)