Bernard Matthews plummets in Sunday Times Rich List

Bernard Matthews has paid a hefty price for the outbreak of HN51 avian flu on one of his turkey units, according to the 2007 Sunday Times Rich List.
But with £25m of other assets, including property, the turkey mogul’s fortune is still estimated at £173m (compared to £302m in 2006.).
The list also features some of
There are also a number of farmer’s sons and daughters who have made a big enough fortune – at least ÂŁ70m – to feature on the 2007 list.
Here is a selection:
Duke of
Ranking: 3 Fortune: ÂŁ7000m
Sir Anthony Bamford and family (owner of Staffs-based company JCB)
Ranking: 46= Fortune: ÂŁ1300m
Tim Landon (made his money in oil but now owns the Hampshire farming business Faccombe Esates)
Ranking: 151= Fortune: ÂŁ500m
Duke of
Ranking: 151= Fortune: ÂŁ500m
Charlotte Townshend (inherited 15,000 acres in Dorset and 3000 in Notts which have been sold for a reputed ÂŁ9m)
Ranking: 195= Fortune: ÂŁ400m
Duke of Northumberland (bulk of fortune in art collection but owns 120,000 acres in Alwnick and Scottish estate)
Ranking: 238= Fortune: ÂŁ300m
Harry Dobson (farmer’s son who made his money in mining and sold his Manchester United shares for ÂŁ31m.)
Ranking: 288= Fortune ÂŁ250m
Duke of Sutherland (most of fortune tied up in art, but owns 12,000 acres in Scottish borders and East Anglia)
Ranking: 313= Fortune: ÂŁ230m
Barry Haigh (sold a pharmaceutical consultancy in 1996 and is now a dairy farmer at Red Kite Farms, Oxon)
Ranking: 394 Fortune: ÂŁ183m
Alan Wiseman and family (the family behind Robert Wiseman Dairies)
Ranking: 397= Fortune: ÂŁ180m
Bernard Matthews (founder of Norfolk-based poultry company)
Ranking: 414= Fortune: ÂŁ173m
Kevin Linfoot (made his money in property, but was raised on a pig farm just outside York.)
Ranking: 490= Fortune: ÂŁ145m
Sir Richard Sutton and family (owns the Settled Estates farming-to-property company.)
Ranking: 569= Fortune: ÂŁ122m
Robin Clark and family (part of the Taylor Clark group which is a property, farming, hotel and investment group.)
Ranking: 625= Fortune: ÂŁ111m
Terry Adams (made his money in mining, but now farming in Devon)
Ranking: 896= Fortune: ÂŁ75m
Peter Kindersley (former publisher who runs a 2250 acre organic farm in Berkshire)
Ranking: 834= Fortune: ÂŁ80m
Jody Scheckter (former Formula One driver who now runs a organic farm in Hampshire)
Ranking: 834= Fortune: ÂŁ80m
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