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

BBC: Blackmoor Estate deaths: Tributes paid to farm workers

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