PRINCE BOUNTIFUL
WEALTHY BACHELOR’S GIFT 13 CHILDREN Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright 1 LONDON, June 12. The story of a wealthy bachelor, known as Prince Bountiful, is related ( by tho ‘ Daily Express,’ which discloses 5 that the late Mr. Thompson Jowett, | steel, manufacturer, Sheffield, left a fortune of £700,000. After s making provision for bis aged 1 mother .and death duties, ho c leaves the residue to sixty-four bene.liciarics, who are mostly the children . of his friends, who will receive about £6,000 each. Mr Jowett for years was one of the most popular bachelors in London. He began life humbly and worked up his business from the tiniest affair. Ho lived for many years in ~ a magnificent suite of rooms at Savoy Court. Thera he entertained Ids friends in the most lavish fashion, thinking nothing of bringing a Continental chef specially to prepare a single rare dish ior his guests, yet him- 0 self he was a vegetarian, living in the 3 the simplest manner.—A. and N.Z. JCable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19275, 14 June 1926, Page 5
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