WOMAN'S GREAT FORTUNE
£2,270,000 IN BRIEF WILL
Only 140 words to disburse £2,270,000! Such was the way in which Lord ’ •Dalziel, chairman of the Pullman Car Company, and president of the International Sleeping Car Company, formulated his will. The document • shows that the "Sleeping Car King’s” fortune was’ actually £2,274,219. The death duties amount to nearly £900,000. Lord Dalziel has left all he possessed to his wife.- They were, married-more than fifty years ago, and they were a "most happy couple. Every morning for many years Lady Dalziel drove her husband to his office in the. city and and met him again hi the afternoon. On many occasions she waited hours in Palace Yard with her dog for a companion, when her husband was engaged at the House of Lords. Lord Dalziel had houses in London and Paris. Ho died at the age of 74, leaving no heir.
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Shannon News, 24 August 1928, Page 1
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148WOMAN'S GREAT FORTUNE Shannon News, 24 August 1928, Page 1
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