He is also after a "good breeder" so he can have a male heir.

In return, the new Lady Slade will be paid £50,000-a-year to help run his sprawling 1,300-acre Somerset estate.

The candidate must also be able to do a lot of physical exercise, such as fast walking, and be able to swim.

There is no mention of the face anywhere, so gramps apparently likes to do it doggy style.

He said that he would have to marry a lady at least 20 years younger than him for tax reasons. "Death tax is 40 per cent and the only way I can pass the estate and art collection etc on is to leave it to the wife tax free who then disposes it to my distant relatives.

Could there be anything more romantic than helping an old fart avoiding paying his fair share of inheritance tax?

"Obviously the widow would receive a financial percentage for passing it on. This the only way left to get around inheritance tax."