Chairman of British Tobacco Firm Has Given Over £1,250,000 to Charity
British Official Wireless.
Reed. 11.7 a.m. RUGBY, Friday. Bernhard Baron, chairman of a wellknown British tobacco firm, whose previous gifts to charitable objects niount to more than £1,250,000, has set aside £500,000 for the benefit of hospitals aud homes for orphans and crippled children during the next 20 years. A. trust has been created, and the
*um of money available each year will distributed on the anniversary of Mr. Baron’s birthday.
The trust stipulates that the money available for distribute*i will be applied in a proportion of 75 per cent, among Christian and undenominational hospitals, homes and asylums, and 25 per cent, among similar institutions under Jewish control. Mr. Baron is 78 years old, and for several years has celebrated his birthdav by generous disbursements. Last year he gave £IBO,OOO to charities. He was born in Russia of French descendants, and became a naturalised Englishman many years ago.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 466, 22 September 1928, Page 9
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159Chairman of British Tobacco Firm Has Given Over £1,250,000 to Charity Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 466, 22 September 1928, Page 9
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