TOBACCO MILLIONAIRE
DEATH OF SIR G. WILLS ' : " (British Official Wireless.) Pr«»i Association—By Te\esrzph—Copyright -*», RUGBY, July 12. Sir George Wills, a former chairman of the Imperial Tobacco Company, died last night, aged 74. He belonged to afamily of millionaires, of whom, since his father died nineteen years ago leaving a fortune of over £5,000.000, three members have died, and each of them has left over £1,000,000. Tn the aggregate their fortunes totalled about £26,000,000, and in duties alone it is estimated that the sum of £10,000,00 has passed to the Treasury. Sir George was a generous supporter of charitable, educational, and other institutions, to which he gave gifts totalling £500,000, including £300,000 to the Bristol University.
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Evening Star, Issue 19918, 14 July 1928, Page 4
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115TOBACCO MILLIONAIRE Evening Star, Issue 19918, 14 July 1928, Page 4
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