Viscount Wolmer, Lord Selborne's son and managing director of the estate, has described the deaths as "devastating news".

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Scott Cain, 23, and Ashley Clarke, 24, were found unconscious in the apple store at Lord Selborne's Blackmoor Estate, near Liss, on Monday afternoon.

BBC: Blackmoor Estate deaths: Tributes paid to farm workers

John Palmer, the 4th Earl of Selborne, was one of the hereditary peers who remained in the House of Lords following the reforms of 1999.

BBC: Blackmoor Estate deaths: Tributes paid to farm workers

He, his brother and nephew were walking towards the offender in Church Road, at its junction with Selborne Road, when shots were fired at the three men at 23:30 BST.

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At question time on 24 March 2010, Conservative peer the Earl of Selborne asked the government how it planned to ensure that the Ordnance Survey would be sustainable despite the shortfall of revenue caused by the move.

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