Thomas Powell inherited the family business at the age of 14 on his father's death.

He walked into a situation even worse than the one he'd inherited at Navy.

He inherited the title at the death of his father a few months later, on February 27, 1811.

The 4th Earl inherited the title at the age of 30.

He was said to have inherited one of the largest fortunes in Europe at the time.

Eleanor inherited land in France at the age of 15.

He inherited his father's furniture store at an early age, and quickly built it up into one of the city's largest.

These were the political divisions that the nation inherited at its independence in 1978.

Inherited from his brother at the age of 14.

He inherited the earldom in 1422 at the age of eight.