Golden Dolly
John Pemble: Rich Britons, 24 September 2009
Who Were the Rich? A Biographical Directory of British Wealth-Holders. Vol. I: 1809-39
by William Rubinstein.
Social Affairs Unit, 516 pp., £20, May 2009,978 1 904863 39 7 Show More
by William Rubinstein.
Social Affairs Unit, 516 pp., £20, May 2009,
“... a tailor, a lacemaker, a potter and a jeweller all died better off than the royals they served. Philip Rundell, diamond jeweller by appointment, was a millionaire. The personal assets of Queen Charlotte, his most important customer, were valued at £140,000 – diamonds, presumably, included. Some magnates with the Midas touch ... ”