FORTUNE FROM PARCELS
WOMAN LEAVES £1,000,000 A fortune of £1,004,36G lias been left by Miss Annio Lucy Watson, of Regent's Park, London. Miss Watson was a permanent director of Sutton and Company, Limited, carriers. Her father, Mr. Thomas Watson, began work 60 years ago for Mr. W. R. Sutton, who then ran a small receiving office for parcels in Cheapside. The business developed into the firm of Sutton and Company. Mr. Watson became Mr. Sutton's right-hand-man. When Mr. Sutton died he left the business to Mr. Watson. Mr. Watson died in 1910, and left his fortune—considerably over £500,000 —to his two daughters, and also his interest in tho business.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22694, 5 April 1937, Page 16
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109FORTUNE FROM PARCELS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22694, 5 April 1937, Page 16
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