"It escaped no one's notice that looming before them was the administration of a huge multi-million-dollar estate," Tunnell wrote. "In the middle, with no clear direction upon the issue, was Sir John in his great old age. There is no evidence that any lawyer explained to him what domicile was. He was a rich man in terms of assets, and a poor man in terms of legal advice. Compounded was his inability to see. He was relegated to signing what was put in front of him. He was a virtual marionette."