baron
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Set on 5.3 acres overlooking the Ottawa River, 24 Sussex was built in 1868 by a lumber baron and member of Parliament as a gift to his third wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
I’ve pointed to the example of Sam Insull, the 1920s utility baron who electrified the economy but ended up broke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Not because Mullin, a wealthy plumbing baron from Oklahoma who’s served in Washington since 2013, has a distinguished legislative record.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2026
Anna Murdoch-Mann, writer and ex-wife of media baron Rupert Murdoch, has died aged 81, his media outlets have announced.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
There might go another baron at full tilt after some dragon or other, and bump! down he might come, while the horse cantered away.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
In 1826, young Benjamin Disraeli popularized the word “millionaire” to describe the new industrial barons in his novel “Vivian Grey.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Morgan and steel magnate Andrew Mellon were known as “robber barons External link.”
From Barron's ● May 2, 2026
From Koli fisherfolk to colonial planners, and from Bollywood stars to textile barons, many have shaped the western Indian city's landscape and identity.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
The land was donated to the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the 1950s by descendants of one of the city’s early oil barons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
“It’s going to be mighty fine to be land barons, isn’t it?”
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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