Money in Tobacco
Huge Fortunes Left Another tobacco magnate has left an enormous fortune. The will of Mr. Fenwick Richards, of Bristol, who was a director of a branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company, has been sworn at £459,924. In addition to making provision for his family and servants, Mr. Richards bequeathed £I,OOO each to various institutions. He also left one quarter of his residuary estate to Bristol General Hospital and one quarter to Bristol Royal Infirmary. Mr. Richards was always ready to support philanthropic charities. Fortunes left by other tobacco magnates include: £ Mr. H. O. Wills . 5,214,521 Sir F. Wills 3,050,556 Mr. H. H. Wills 2,750,000 Sir E. P. Wills 2,633,660 Lord Winterstoke 2,548,209 Sir E. C. Wills 947,000 Air. James Smith . . . . . . 966,452 Mr. A. G. Jeffress . . .. 451,000 Mr. W. E. Faulkner 181,594
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 102, 21 July 1927, Page 9
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134Money in Tobacco Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 102, 21 July 1927, Page 9
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