About Alfred Edments
Lived 1853 – 1909 (aged 55). Alfred Edments was an Australian businessperson.
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.
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Who was Alfred Edments?
Australian businessman (1853-1909)
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Alfred Edments was born on 17 October 1853.
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Alfred Edments died on 13 July 1909.
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Alfred Edments was a businessperson.
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Alfred Edments was Australian.
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