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Alfred Edments
1853-10-17 – 1909-07-13
Life & Legacy
Alfred Edments (17 October 1853 – 13 July 1909) was a merchant and philanthropist in Australia.
Edments was born in London, the son of James Edments, a labourer, and his wife Ann, née Lyons. He died at Melbourne on 13 July 1909 of heart disease; he left much of his money to charity via the Alfred Edments Trust. The rest of his fortune was left to his niece E Dench who had no children and left her fortune at her death to Ewen Middlemiss estimated at the time to be $20 million.
Occupation & Career
businessperson
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q4722612 — wikidata View source
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