ONE OF BRITAIN'S RICHEST MEN DIES
Eeceived Sundav, 7.0 p.m. LONDON, April 26. Obituary: The Marquess of Bute, one of Britain 's richest men. His fortune was once reputed to be worth £60,000,000. He owned .117,000 acres aiul possessed a dozen titles and almost as inanv estates and residences including UarclifE Castle which has a gold platea staircase. In 19MS he sold his Moumjov estate on which half the city oi Cardiff is built, for £5,000,000. In coai royalties alone he used to dra^ £117,000 yeariy. He enlisted in the first world war as a private and all his five sons served in the army in the last war.
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Chronicle (Levin), 28 April 1947, Page 5
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