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Balfour reported that Herbert died suddenly on 8 November 1950 not from the tuberculosis which had plagued him for so long, but from a brain hemorrhage. But according to Mary's, it wasn't that sudden - he passed away one year after the cerebral hemorrhage. A month later his company’s balance-sheet total passed the £1 million mark for the first time. | Balfour reported that Herbert died suddenly on 8 November 1950 not from the tuberculosis which had plagued him for so long, but from a brain hemorrhage. But according to Mary's, it wasn't that sudden - he passed away one year after the cerebral hemorrhage. A month later his company’s balance-sheet total passed the £1 million mark for the first time. | ||
<blockquote><q>We then had to persuade a Dr. Boland, the Dean of Guy’s hospital and a friend of Geoffrey’s, to visit him after a | <blockquote><q>We then had to persuade a Dr. Boland, the Dean of Guy’s hospital and a friend of Geoffrey’s, to visit him after a hemorrhage when, after lying prone and apparently waiting for his end, Uncle Bertie had been persuaded to sit up and drink a glass of whisky. Yet within a year he was dead. He died in Milan in 1951 after a visit to Turnerschlossel which he still owned and where he was buried.</q> Dunhill, Mary, Our Family Business (The Bodley Head - Great Britain, 1979) p-107.</blockquote> | ||
Richard Dunhill reported that he became more and more out of touch with modern commercial practice in England, and when he died, the directors, particularly his uncle Alfred Henry Dunhill and his Aunt Mary, were soon able to make changes to improve the running of the company.</q> Forewords of Balfour, Michael. Alfred Dunhill, One Hundred Years and More (Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 1992). | Richard Dunhill reported that he became more and more out of touch with modern commercial practice in England, and when he died, the directors, particularly his uncle Alfred Henry Dunhill and his Aunt Mary, were soon able to make changes to improve the running of the company.</q> Forewords of Balfour, Michael. Alfred Dunhill, One Hundred Years and More (Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 1992). | ||
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<center>[[File:Aspas-copy.png|40px]]'''Herbert E Dunhill died in November 1950 leaving £250,000 from his personal estate in Charitable Trust for medical research into tuberculosis, the cause of his death. His niece, Mary Dunhill Lane, was appointed one of the original Trustees and it was largely her vision that drove the Charity until her death in 1988. Her daughter, Kay Glendinning, continued her work and was Executive Director from 1988 until April 2005 when she joined the Board in a non executive capacity. In 2019, she stepped down as a Trustee and became the Trust’s first Patron.'''[[File:Aspas.png|40px]] Our History - [https://dunhillmedical.org.uk/about/our-history/ The Dunhill Medical Trust]</center> | <center>[[File:Aspas-copy.png|40px]]'''Herbert E Dunhill died in November 1950 leaving £250,000 from his personal estate in Charitable Trust for medical research into tuberculosis, the cause of his death. His niece, Mary Dunhill Lane, was appointed one of the original Trustees and it was largely her vision that drove the Charity until her death in 1988. Her daughter, Kay Glendinning, continued her work and was Executive Director from 1988 until April 2005 when she joined the Board in a non-executive capacity. In 2019, she stepped down as a Trustee and became the Trust’s first Patron.'''[[File:Aspas.png|40px]] Our History - [https://dunhillmedical.org.uk/about/our-history/ The Dunhill Medical Trust]</center> | ||
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