The World's Most (or Least) Eligible Bachelor is 79-Year Old Multimillionaire Sir Benjamin Slade, Who's Seeking a Young Woman to Have His Heir and Inherit His Fortune
Meet Sir Benjamin Slade. He's old and British. His breath could melt steel beams. And for the last 8 years, he's been one of the world's most eligible least eligible bachelors.
Sir Benjamin is not incapable of love. He's been with many a woman. He has been married before. He spent 14 years wedded to the lovely Lady Pauline Carol Slade. However they sadly divorced in 1991, in part due to Lady Pauline's 17 house cats who proved to be an insurmountable point of contention in their marriage. Following the divorce, Ben had another relationship with a woman that lasted 15 years before she left him for the handyman. And his third long-term partner he parted ways with when she became too hold to have a kid. Oh yes, and he has a daughter with a 4th woman. A daughter he's never met.
Sir Benjamin Slade is a baronet. Which as I just learned a few minutes ago, is one step below a baron. He was born into a family of "aristocrats", from whom he inherited his estate – The Maunsel House in Somerset, England. The estate has it's own website. Feel free to take the 3D tour.
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And all that can be all yours, so long as you're able to live up to Sir Benjamin's humble list of expectations.
Are you a pleasant country girl who understands life? If so, you're off to a good start. On top of that, if you are comfortable handling a shotgun. If you understand bookkeeping. If you're willing to play bridge. Stand no shorter than 5-foot-6. Have a law degree. Have a substantial amount of money in your bank account. Know how to fly a helicopter. And are willing to have sex with Sir Benjamin's old wrinkled ass until you've birthed two sons…
If that sounds appealing to you, and you are neither Scottish, from a country starts with the letter "I", or a Scorpio, then YOU could be the next Lady __ Slade.
Just one small thing though. Sir Benjamin Slade is a wealthy man. But he's buried in debt. His property won't sell. The upkeep is a bitch. And his personal life has allegedly "gone off the rails". What exactly does that mean? Who the hell knows. But if you're a young, hot, gold-digging, helicopter flying type of broad, maybe you can find out first hand.
And if you live up to Sir Benjamin's standards, he'll pay you a hefty $65,000 a year salary to be with him (and manage his estate/entire life). Which is less money than I'd imagine almost everybody with a law degree makes a year. But all you have to do is uproot your life, start a family with an old stranger, and take on what sounds like a MASSIVE burden of a property until your transactional half-British sons are old enough to do it for you.
Crazy that Sir Benjamin has once again been forced to pay the tabloids to run his story. Hard to believe nobody has taken him up on his offer yet. It's been 8 years since he first went on a morning show and pitched himself to a couple of talk show hosts who were disgusted by the notion of him.
But maybe this 2026 media blitz will be the one that finally does the trick. Somewhere out in the world there must be a sexy non-Scorpio, shotgun-wielding lawyer with her helicopter license who's looking to settle down in Somerset, England and handle some old guy's debt for a modest wage.
If that person is you… well I guess send him a letter or something. I'm not exactly sure how you're supposed to get in contact with the guy. You might just have to show up at his musty castle and try to seduce him in person. If you're the one person in the world who meets those qualifications, my guess is it won't be that hard.