RICHEST WOMEN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 11

RICHEST WOMEN.

y : ..TEN who : command;' .£7i J pod- i obb.-V' .■■''■'. ' : \Mts.>S. ,G. ; Asher, : ;the-daughter of/ the , late-Mr.'Harry Barriatoj has (says the "Daily Mail''):;beoeme?the legatee;'of,.a''sccdnd •mit ; lidn,'/6r. l moiieyi ! fr'om ! the "same-'- source,'■:her• . father :ha'v,ing:; settled' tKo-first 'million utoon her on the ocoasion of -her" marriage , ' to : 'Mr. ' As' Her: ~_ The .• acquisition' of this second fortune' places MreV As'her 'in.the .b'a'nd of wo-' figure as' tho ; richest of their'sex. , .Tie''.richest'wom'an in 'the world is generally admitted 'to,"be Mrs. 'Hetty.'Green,: with a fortune of •betweeli"\l4! end 16 millions :at her command. '■■''. Others ■■ who ■ fallow closely are :'— ' Mrsißussell.Sage/'whorece'ived a fortune of,:.£l7.opo,CK!)oi'.'tut ■;has• distributed -much of , it.raAcharitable.-bequests: v- ?. .•■•';.■■". ■. v" ; Mrs.'.AnnvWeightman Walker,'who is.said to\Mssess'£l2,ooopoo.' , ' .-. V': " ,: '■-■;: : '•• ■:. Fr.au. von Bohlen, ,the.- daughter; of Kruppj J the/German gun'nlakerj. has. property-valuei atv£l6,oo6;ooo. 1 : ' : ; - '■ : .■^'■^■'^ lime. , Creel/, a; Mexican lady, is said to have.an .income, of nearly £1,000,000. ,: ■' ''•/ .The 'Marchioness. of , , Graham is the richest British,-born -lady, for, on the death of "her father,..the , twelfth, Duke she canie .into-,an income : of .£114,000 per an■numi'''.:;.-'.,'/"".'"''.-'; V ■<-'■■.■'■'■ 'V'.' ■•■,:' .:t:i--\\ ;■"':■■.■■!'■•; ",'•■'The' ; ,Duchess'"of> -Roxburghe. ■ wa's" Mf £5,000,000 ;by' h'e'riather,; Mr. , Ogde'n Goelet.- . i The .'Baroness •, yon. 'Eckhardstein -came; this year anto'jthersecoiid portion.'of ■ her-'fortune .left ;by, ■ her ! fatherj''.:the';late • Sir; Johii ißlun-t doll Maple, v making her total incorao £66,000 p^r/:ihhum. r :'^;.. ; "''.v i .,;'. l ''-;,'.'i > li: , :.'-."'- ■ ■'.':•■.; .'-■ .. 'The•.■■'pb'untess';:Szechenyi, as Gladys Vanderbilfj inherited £2,500,000; :■/•- .V •,.■,..■