HAMILTON ROMANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 10

HAMILTON ROMANCE.

FORTUNE INHERITED.

TOTAL AMOUNT OF £28,750.

ESTATES OF ENGLISH BANKERS,

Since the early flays of the colonisation of New Zealand there have been many cases recorded of residents of the Dominion inheriting fortunes from relatives in Great Britain. The latest case recorded is that of Mr. Leonard Wilfred Williams Brown, of Hamilton, who hats received cabled advice that the Probate Court case concerning the disposition of the estate of his uncle, Mr. Charles Joseph Brown, a Newport banker, referred to in yesterday's cables, had been settled. Mr. Charles Brown died last May, at the age of 80, and his estate was valued at £50,000. The case has been settled as the result of an agreement to divide the estate equally between Miss Ansell, the late Mr. Brown's housekeeper, and the four children of Mr. Brown's brother, each of whom will receive £10,000. Legal correspondence that has passed between the executors of the will and Mr. Brown attest to the accuracy of the position in which Mv. Brown finds himself. The other beneficiaries in the fortune left by Mr. Charles Brown are two brothers and a sister of Mr. Leonard Brown, who live in Christchurch. The fortunes of the Brown family were founded by Mr. Samuel James Brown, grandfather of Mr. Leonard Brown, of Hamilton. The former owned two private banks, known as William Williams Brown and Co., Leeds, and Brown, Jensen and Co., London. The businesses were carried on by Mr. Charles Joseph Brown and his brother, the late William James Brown. The latter died last August, leaving a net personalty of £300,000, tliree-twelftn* of which is to be divided between a niece in England and three nephews, of whom Mr. L. W. W. Brown is one. This brings Mr. Brown's fortune up to £28,730. Mr. Leonard Brown was born in Christchurch 50 years ago. For the past 14 yeara he has been a resident of Hamilton, arid for four years he has conducted a labour registry office. His father is giving in retirement in Auckland. Mr. S/uii 71 ' 9 tnarr ' an( l has six children. While in Hamilton he has taken a keen «,** athletics. He is president of •• Amateur Athletic AssoUttaW ch,linnan of the Hamilton Hk fcJuJV 011 Af,vi *°'y Board. He is , for variou « Waikato IT