The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-10
TWO RICH MEN
TIE TWO WEALTHTEST MEN IN ENG
LAND-ONE WORTH s3O,OO0,OOO, THE
OTHER S20,OOO,OOO.

LAND-ONE WORTH s3O,OOoOOO, THE
OTHER s2o,OOo,OOO. !
The two wealthiest Englishmen, so |
far at least as personal estate goes, who
have ever lived in England, have died |
whinit the last decade. They were Mr..
Morrison and sMr. Brassey. The per
sonal property of the first was sworn
under $4,000, 900, that of the second
under $50, 600, 900; but it is understood
that a great deal of Mr.. Brassey's es-
tate has not been sworn for duty, owing
to difficulties in appraising it, and IN
fact it viii prove to be nearly 800, OO0,-
600 when this is done. Both these men,
like those who have made the largest
fortunes, began life poor.
Mr.. Morrison entered the dry goods
warehouse, where he contrived to secure
the affections of his employers daugh-
ter. They were married and he was
taken into the business, to which he ul-
tinately succeeded. One great stroke
he made was buying up all the Grape IN
England, in anticipation of the death
of the Princess Charlotte of Wales
This lucky hit is supposed to have put
very large sum of money into his
pocket. He invested a large portion of
his enormous wealth in real estate, and
became one of the greatest landlords in
the United Kingdom.
His principal country residence was
Basildon PARK, near Reading, in Berk-
shire. It is a stately mansion, standing
in very pleasant park, and filed with
a magnificent collection of works of art,
of which he was a very liberal purchas-
er. The very bookcases, tables, and
chairs were designed by men such as
Sir Charles Eastlake, R. A In the din
groom were two columns of rare and
beautiful marble purchased from a
church in Italy at a prodigious price.
| These pillars were extraordinarily heavy,
and considerable difficulty was expert
enced IN bringing them to their sdesti-
nation, the roads being at,various points
quite broken into holes by the weight.
Besides his collection at Basildon,
Mr. Morrison had a gallery of choice
! pictures at his house in London. He
was not in the least ostentatiOus, nor
did he ever evince the tendency so com
mon to nouUeaur riches, of toadying
people of rank, his principal associates
! being eminent artists. Towards the
close of his life, he became, as so often
happens in the case of very rich men,
oppressed with the idea that hewas mis-
erably poor, and should die a paUper;
and a small sum was paid to him week
! ly as a wage to humor his fancies.
Mr.. Morrison left several sons. To
the eldest he bequeathed the interest in
| his warehouse, estimated at $3.50, 600 a
year (Which that gentleman sold to a
! joint stock company, and further very
extensive estates. To the second he
left some 100000 a year, and to the
others incomes varying from $50, 900 to
| $50, 900. All his sons have turned out
! steady, respectable men, and one is q
well-knOwn Liberal member of Parlia-
ment Mr.. Brassey's great fortune was
! the result, in the first instance, of sue
cessfuI railway contracts, and then OF
the accumulations consequent upon the
great sums thus made Like Mr. Nor
rison, he was the least ostentatious OF
men, and like him, too, was fortunate in
a wife who resembIed him in this re-
spect.
! Indeed, Mr.. Brassey's expenditure, SO
far as his establishment, ETC., went, pro
baby did not exceed 5000 a year,
when his income was -, 600, 900 year.
Like Mr. Morrison, he was fortunate IL
his children. They bear the highest
character, and now have divided among
them the colossal fortune which theil
father and mother only seemed to care
for in so far as it would contribute tC
their children's happiness. 1t is re
markable that these two men-England'
wealthiest sons-shOuld all their life
have been Indifferent to what most sue
cessful men in their country aspire to
a seat in Parliament. Mr. Morrison
we believe, did occupy one for brie
time, but Mr.. Brassey never. Two o
his sons are now very useful member
of Parliament.