Lake District mountain sale: Earl ‘didn’t want to evict tenants’

An aristocrat who is trying to sell a mountain to pay off a hefty tax bill has said he chose shifting the peak over evicting people from their homes.

The Earl of Lonsdale, Hugh Lowther, placed the 2,850ft (869m) Lake District mountain on the market for £1.75m.

He said it was either that or break up the Lonsdale Estate, which has been in his family for hundreds of years.

Bah. I bet I don’t see a *dime* outta this.

Dirtbag distant relatives…