[Magdalen] Our "sh*thole" president.

[Roger Stokes]

On 13/01/2018 15:51, ME Michaud wrote:
> And under Quebec law, younger children generally didn’t inherit.
> The eldest son got the whole kit&kaboodle, while many others
> went into the church. There were families where younger sons
> ended up as badly-paid employees of the eldest brother.

The traditional procedure in England was the first son got the estate, 
the second went into the Army and the third into the Church where his 
connections would have ensured a pleasant parish with minimal duties but 
a generous endowment to pay him well.

Roger