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Rags to riches business tycoon leaves behind £8m fortune

Business

Anna Gault - March 25, 2011

A BUTCHER who went from rags to riches left behind more than £8 million when he passed away last year. Martyn Godfrey was 60-years-old when...

New life for £12m worth of historic Edinburgh bequests

Local News

Deadline News Journalist - July 21, 2010

By Michael MacLeod THE CONTROL of £12 million in charity cash is to be offloaded by one of Scotland’s biggest councils. A huge pool of money...

Scot who left legacy to places that shared his name a “misunderstanding”

Deadline News Journalist - December 8, 2009

By Cara Sulieman HE HIT headlines across the world when it was revealed he left his legacy to places across the globe that shared his...

Ex-lawyer behind bars for keeping dead pensioner’s fortune

Deadline News Journalist - October 5, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A GREEDY former lawyer has been jailed for three and a half years for taking almost half-a-million pounds from a dead...

Philanthropic Scot gives over £2m to charity

Deadline News Journalist - September 23, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie A SCOT who helped raise cash for a much-needed medical research centre has left almost £2.5 million in his will. Walter Craig was...

Black Watch hero leaves almost £9 million in will

Deadline News Journalist - August 25, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie A FORMER-Black Watch war hero has left almost £9 million in his will. Captain John Neil Baillie-Hamilton was a leading member of the...

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