STORY OF FORTUNE
THE “JENNINGS MILLIONS” AIONEY LEFT TO AN EARL LONDON, 22nd May. The “Birmingham Mail” says the story of the Jennings or Jennens millions comes up with unfailing regularity. Humphrey Jennens was one of Birmingham’s leading ironmasters, and his son Charles built the Gospel Hall, where Handel wrote “The Alessiah.” Charles left the Gospel Hall and the hulk of his fortune to Penn Assheton-Curzon, who had married Lady Sophie Howe, daughter of Admiral Howe, and niece of Charles Jennens, whose fortune has since been the patrimony of the Earl Howe. of to-day, in -spite of all attempts to upset the arrangements.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 2 June 1930, Page 8
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103STORY OF FORTUNE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 2 June 1930, Page 8
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