Duke of Westminster
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9th May 2011
There are 73 billionaires in the 1,000 Rich list list, but just 40 are British born.
The wealthiest Briton is the Duke of Westminster, who is number 4 on the list with a fortune of £7 billion. He has fallen to fourth place and out of the top three for the first time since 1999.
Other British citizens in the top 10 include Kirsty Bertarelli, the British wife of Italian pharmaceuticals...
14th November 2010
A portfolio of rental properties located in some of Scotland's most desirable areas has been bought for over £70 million by a consortium led by the Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor group.
It is understood that these luxury apartments attracted around a dozen bids when they were put on the market earlier this year.
David Sivewright, head of Grosvenor's Scottish office, said: "This is a...
12th November 2008
Duke of Westminster to sell 100 year old exclusive restored royal yacht
The Duke of Westminster, who with an estimated property empire of £7 billion is richer than the Queen of England, put his historical 92ft yacht, named the Ilona of Kylesku after an area on his estate in the Scottish Highlands, on the market in May 2008 for £2.5 million.
Thus far the Duke of Westminster’s...
28th October 2008
Campaign for a black and white phonebox on the duke of westminster estate
The Duke of Westminster - Britain's biggest landowner and one of its wealthiest men, is campaigning to save a rarely used black and white telephone box outside his remote Scottish estate in Achfary.
The Duke of Westminster, who is godfather to Prince William and was named as the UK's third richest man in 2008 is a regular...
27th October 2008
Members of Britain's rich-list are getting richer despite the global credit crunch turmoil and are now worth more than £400billion.
The Sunday Times have said the collective worth of the top 1,000 proud members of its annual Rich List rose by £53billion in the past year to £412.8billion.
There are however signs that the credit crunch and an economic slowdown is taking its...
27th October 2008
The credit crunch has slashed the fortunes of the UK's richest property tycoons by nearly £15billion.
The 500 most wealthy property owners in the UK were worth £117billion before the turmoil commenced just over a year ago.
That figure has fallen to £102.5 billion, according to the Estates Gazette rich list - with the 10 largest casualties alone losing more than an...
5th March 2008
Simon Cowell has risen from 944th position last year in the Sunday Times Rich List, to 700 this year, no other individual from the world of pop has risen up the ranks so much.
Simon Cowell has overtaken Robbie Williams, at number 755, has increased his wealth by £5m despite a spell in rehab and the critical mauling of his latest album, to £95m this year.
The world's richest...
12th February 2008
The choice parts of the capital remain in the same hands - The Duke of Westminster, The Earl of Cadogan, Charlotte Townshend and The Portman family
There is still just a handful of the ruling elite who own huge swathes of London and the four largest estates are owned and controlled by aristocratic families who can trace their lineages back hundreds of years.
The Grosvenor Estate, the Cadogan...
27th January 2008
Squeezing into the Swiss resort’s hotels may have been fine for global leaders, but it certainly wasn’t a prospect that one oligarch was willing to entertain.
Oleg Deripaska actually bought a house in Davos to accommodate him in the style to which, as Russia’s second-richest man, he has grown accustomed.
The so-called King of Aluminium, who owns Rusal and is worth...
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Roman Abramovich gives his teenage daughter a £4m 'starter home'
According to reports, Roman Abramovich has given his teenage daughter Anna a relatively modest £4million mews cottage in Belgravia.
The 19-year-old is moving into the three-bedroom cottage after splitting from solicitor fiancé Nikolai Lazarev.
The cottage is the former home of the family's nannies and is co-owned by Roman and his ex-wife Irina, whom he divorced in 2007.
Anna, who...
UK ticketholder wins record £161 million on Euromillions
With odds of 116 million to one the lucky ticket holder, who has not been identified, will now become the 430th richest person in the country if they are not a member of a syndicate.
A spokeswoman for Camelot said: "This is amazing news – we are absolutely delighted that a UK ticket holder has scooped the entire €185 million jackpot, which at the current exchange rate is a massive...
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