ENGLISH MILLIONAIRES AND THEIR BEGINNINGS.

Inangahua Times, 21 January 1880, Page 2

ENGLISH MILLIONAIRES AND THEIR BEGINNINGS.

— . — 4 ■ Tbe majority of the wealthy men of bu-iness in England baye either made theor 'own fortunes or sprung from some poor, clever, indusfrious man, who, like Richard Crawsbny, his laid the founda* tion of tbe house. Here are a few examples : Eipley, the member of Parliament for Bradford, who owps half the town is self-mode. His frtber end mother used to attend the jaarket. Tbe father of B»s«, the great" Brewer, was in a very small way of busine??, and his mother sold yeast in a little shop. The first Lord of the Admiralty's father kept a small news agent's shop tn "London. Mr Walter, member of Parliament, end chief proprietor of the Timei, dates back, I believe, to his father's humble^printing rfflce in tbe city. ' Mr Johnson, who left behind him the Standard, worth 150,000 Hols, a year, beside* real estate, was an nfficpr in the old Bankruptcy Court. The late Herbert Ingram, member of Parlia* roent and founder of the Illustrated Nefs.* kept a Hblle drug store atNottifigsham. Mr Lawson, the clifef proprietor of the Telegraph, from which he draws for half bis share quite £150,000 a year, was tbe.comraprcia^ representative of an ■fnt-b'ouse. *He' is! riov? one. of the rich : commoners of England. Eeport has it that his income is over 6CO OOOdols. a year. This, of course, does not begin to approach the incomes of the, wealthy men of England whtf have irib'erite'd as well as made fortunes. Eobert Crawshay had at least 35,000,000 lols. left him by his father. How much more be has made or lost, I don't know. He gave his daughters wedding gifts that "would buyt a German dukedoni,?*-London.Lelter, _