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70 Year-Old-Baronet Sparks Outrage As He Wants A Woman To 'Breed Off'

70 Year-Old-Baronet Sparks Outrage As He Wants A Woman To 'Breed Off'

Under 30s and over 40s need not apply.

Michael Minay

Michael Minay

His list of requirements is quite a lengthy one, and that's probably why Sir Benjamin Slade reached out on national television today to find his next 'lady of the house'.

The stately home owner, who has the title Baronet (the lowest hereditary title given to someone, but he can carry the 'Sir'), appeared on This Morning - and left its viewers fuming.

Sir Ben is currently 'interviewing' potential partners who are 'quite on the young side'.

He told hosts, Eamonn and Ruth, that he wanted to 'road test' the young women to see if they would be suitable.

He said: "It would be nice if they were a breeder, of an age where they can have a couple of sons."

"Sons count, we need an heir and a spare, girls are OK, but we need two boys first and then we can have the girls."

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Sir Benjamin told LADbible that he wants a son 'very badly' and wants two to be on the safe side.

He said: "I've wanted one for quite a few years. I wanted two sons, in case one gets killed in war."

Slade, also claims that he has been misrepresented when it comes to divorcing his ex-wife.

He told LADbible: "She got a younger man, who had a good job in London. He had more time on his hands, but she was the love of my life.

"The tragedy is that I look like a heartless bastard, I've known her for 15 years and fell for her the first time I saw her. She organised everything, the best girl I've ever been out with.

"I'm now trying to date 30-40-year-olds," he added. "I don't do under 30s, I can't cope with them."

He asks that his prospective lady-in-waiting is 'castle trained', and has a shotgun licence, a driving licence and it would help if they also had a helicopter license and be able to run two castles.

Sir Benjamin added: "They must be able to breed two sons, don't mind if they've bred before and is proven.

"A little private income would be helpful - a large fortune would be a lot more helpful. Candidates would get pocket money."

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There is also a lengthy 'no' list too. Sir Benjamin said he will not accept: Guardian readers, drug users, alcoholics or 'short women' (five foot six being the cut off), and nobody from a 'country beginning with 'I' or with green in their flag.'

This Morning's Ruth was having none of it, and soon pulled him up on his old-fashioned notions - particularly, in the modern age, of finding a stay-at-home wife.

Benjamin said: "Well it's bred in them, they're castle trained and they like running houses. It's hard work, these older ones want to travel, go around the world and put their feet up.

"I want to go off and have fun," he added.

Sir Benjamin claims he's had enough of dealing with 'lunatic women' who belong in 'madhouses'.

So, you know what tickles his pickle, but what can he offer? What makes Sir Ben such a catch?

He said that he could provide women with a 'fun life, like Great Gatsby with all the parties', and that he's also a 'very generous lover'.

After some critical comments on social media, following his television appearance, Benjamin responded by telling LADbible: "It's difficult running these houses.

"A lady of the house is worth well over £100,000 to me. It's business mixed with pleasure. I could get a chief executive, but they screw up, it's a much better deal to get a wife than a chief exec.

"When you look at a car, you road test it. The women will have to come down here, have some parties, and I've got plenty of friends who are eligible too."

He told LADbible that he could provide some 'young men' for the unsuitable girls.

And on his personal qualities, Ben certainly doesn't shy away from the truth.

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"I am definitely arrogant," he stated. "Sexist? Well, the big problem in England, girls get married to men, and if the man doesn't have money, the woman becomes the boss. Look at the Queen, she cracks the whip with Prince Philip."

"I would be the boss. I would hope to have some sons to carry on, that's what we all do, it's been going on for thousands of years. Daughters find a nice husband and bugger off."

His office manager, Michaela Crouch, told LADbible that Sir Benjamin is 'a character' but she 'absolutely adores him'.

The bachelor owns Maunsel House in Somerset, which makes most of its revenue by hosting weddings.

Sir Benjamin's Jack Russell terrier can be seen chauffeuring two other pooches to the venue here...

Credit: Maunsel House

She said: "We never know what is going to come out his mouth next. It's not always safe to introduce him to the brides and grooms."

Michaela, when she spoke to us, was enjoying a break in Dublin, only for her phone to begin crashing after being inundated with wannabe applicants - some even from men offering up their partners.

It was on that note, that Sir Benjamin responded: "I like them well run-in, trained."

"He's going to be very busy replying to all these applications.

"As much as we love his eccentric character, he is an absolute nightmare. He's going to need a woman with a firm hand to keep up with him, that's for sure," Michaela concluded.

Bethany, a former employee of Sir Ben, told LADbible he was a 'very interesting character and would most likely always share a story that would make you blush'.

She said: "He took great pleasure in joining the wedding guests for evening celebrations."

Sir Benjamin clearly is thinking about the future of his estate by making this advert public. He already has ideas for a Bed and Breakfast, but at the same time wants a single woman who can provide for him with, possibly, is all he has ever known. A traditional heir.

Featured Image Credit: This Morning / ITV