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. 0. Wills Sir F. Wills Mr H. H. Wills Sir E. P. Wills Lord Winterstvoke Sir E. C. Wills Mr James Smith .... 5,214,821 3,050,556 2,750,000 .... 2,633,660 2,548,209 947,000 966,452 Mr A. G. Joffrios Mr W. E. Faulkner .. 451,000 .181,594
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 27 July 1927, Page 4
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