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In 1837, Angela Burdett-Coutts became England’s wealthiest woman. Her banker grandfather Thomas Coutts died, leaving the 23-year-old Angela Burdett-Coutts an endowment of £1.8 million. Angela Burdett-Coutts refused to give any money to her suitors who were after her money, although she did host grand bashes in which Dickson, Gladstone, Disraeli and even Queen Victoria wereContinue reading “London’s Prettiest Market Was Started By England’s Richest Woman”