Florence Stephens

She never married; she ran the household after her mother's death in 1911 and acted as her father's assistant and representative for three decades, and in the 1920s and 1930s was also active in local politics, including a woman's association.

She was also averse to many modern farming methods, including chemical fertilisers and weed killers and the use of tractors instead of horses.

[2] A series of prosecutions of her former advisors resulted, which attracted considerable public attention, increased by Stephens' appeals through the press for redress.

[1] Among the accused, Berl Gutenberg [sv], a friend of Prince Carl's who had worked as a supervisor at the estate in the 1950s, was sentenced to three and a half years' penal servitude.

[1] Stephens' legal competence was not restored until 1976,[1] when a change in the law made economic incompetence an invalid reason for withdrawing adult rights.