11. On inheriting the National Trust in lieu of death duties . 12. To avoid death duties the Wernher estate donated the Wernher Triptych to the British Museum. 13. There were also increases in surtax and death duties , which were opposed by the Opposition. 14. The Estate therefore had to pay two lots of death duties tax in four years. 15. Numerous Wedgwood items were sold after Legh Keck's death in 1861 to pay death duties . 16. The impact of rising taxes, death duties , economic depression and living costs had taken their toll. 17. The house was owned by the death duties . 18. It went up for sale in lieu of death duties after Lady Janet's death in 1997. 19. The house remained in the Benett family until the mid-1950s, when death duties forced its sale. 20. The Crawfords had to sell Rothie in 1951 because of death duties incurred during the war.
