Lord Glenconner’s Valet Defends Himself In Court Against Late Peer’s Family

Three years after inheriting a £20 million  estate on the death of Lord Glenconner, his manservant Kent Adonai has become  something of a recluse, devoting himself to fishing off the island of St  Lucia.

But next week, Kent, 51, will put away his  rod and line to step into the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, where he will be  defending his hard-earned inheritance.

The former valet, aide and finally carer to  Britain’s most colourful — and temperamental — aristocrat faces a claim by  Glenconner’s youthful grandson, Cody Tennant, the 4th Baron Glenconner. 

Three years after inheriting a £20¿million estate on the death of Lord Glenconner, his manservant Kent Adonai has become something of a recluse, devoting himself to fishing off the island of St LuciaThree years after inheriting a £20¿million estate on the  death of Lord Glenconner, his manservant Kent Adonai has become something of a  recluse, devoting himself to fishing off the island of St Lucia

 

Cody, 19, and other members of the family  believe his grandfather, who was 83 when he died, was not entirely in a correct  frame of mind when he left his estate on the island to his devoted Man  Friday.

However, Kent will be vigorously defending  the case, which was originally due to be heard in April.

Says a pal: ‘He will spare no expense and  effort and has hired a top lawyer — Michelle Desir, the daughter of St Lucia’s  prime minister, Kenny Anthony.’ 

Glenconner’s widow, Lady Anne, who lives in a  farmhouse in Norfolk on the estate of her brother, the Earl of Leicester, tells  me she won’t be going to St Lucia but she is very much supporting her  grandson.

Kent meanwhile has been gathering as much  evidence as he can to show that his boss was entirely of sound mind when he  changed his will a few months before his death and that ill-health had not  impaired his mental processes.

The former valet, aide and finally carer to Britain's most colourful - and temperamental - aristocrat faces a claim by Glenconner¿s youthful grandson, Cody Tennant, the 4th Baron Glenconner. (pictured her with his parents as a toddler)The former valet, aide and finally carer to Britain’s  most colourful – and temperamental – aristocrat faces a claim by Glenconner¿s  youthful grandson, Cody Tennant, the 4th Baron Glenconner. (pictured her with  his parents as a toddler)

 

‘Kent is not planning to give up easily,’  says the friend. ‘Glenconner gave him his properties and land on St Lucia  because he had worked for him for 30 years and because he was the person who was  always there for him.’ 

Cody and his mother Sheilagh, the widow of  Glenconner’s eldest son Charles Tennant, who died in 1996, are expected at the  hearing. 

They are both well acquainted with  Kent. 

He was at the family’s 5,000-acre Scottish  estate, Glen House, at Innerleithen when Glenconner introduced his illegitimate  son, Joshua, to the family, shortly before the bon viveur’s  death. 

‘Kent was there as a real member of the  family,’ recalls a guest. ‘He dived into the nearby loch and had a swimming race  with Joshua.

‘It’s going to make next week’s case all the  more upsetting.’

 

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