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The logo of Clinton Devon Estates is the arms of the ancient de Clinton family, Barons Clinton and Earls of Lincoln, used today by the Trefusis Barons Clinton: Argent, six crosses crosslet fitchée sable three two and one on a chief azure two mullets or pierced gules Hon. Mark Rolle (d.1907) (born Trefusis), the largest private landowner in Devon, with 55,000 acres.
Land ownership in the United Kingdom is distributed in a Pareto-like distribution, with a relatively small number of organisations and estates, and to a lesser extent people, owning large amounts, whether by area or value, and much larger numbers owning small amounts or no land at all.
John Bateman (1839–1910), editor of The Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland, lived at Brightlingsea Hall in Essex, and was a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant for Essex and Staffordshire. In 1865, he married Jessy Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham, sister of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom. They had one daughter.
In 2013, Povlsen bought a 10% stake in the German internet clothing retailer Zalando, becoming its third largest shareholder. Povlsen already had a 27% stake in ASOS.com, the largest UK internet-only fashion retailer. [6] In October 2019, Povlsen's net worth was estimated as US$8.0 billion, making him the wealthiest person in Scotland. [3] [7]
The people and organizations who own the most land in the world own millions -- and in the case of the top landowner -- billions of acres of land. Many of the top 10 largest landowners are...
The gentry were aristocratic landowners who were not peers. According to historian G. E. Mingay, the gentry were landowners whose wealth "made possible a certain kind of education, a standard of comfort, and a degree of leisure and a common interest in ways of spending it". Leisure distinguished gentry from businessmen who gained their wealth ...
The estate also owns over 50,000 acres of Welsh upland and common land, mainly rough grazing land, [40] and 250,000 acres of mineral deposits and the rights to gold and silver. [41] Various offshore wind projects are part of the Crown Estate in Wales, including the proposed Awel y Môr, [ 42 ] Erebus 100MW Test and Demonstration project, and ...
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