Hugh Audley

Hugh Audley (baptised 13 January 1577 – 15 November 1662), also known as The Great Audley, was an English moneylender, lawyer and philosopher. Following his death, he was the feature of a popular 17th-century pamphlet titled The way to be rich according to the practice of the Great Audley, which compared his humble beginnings to his ultimate fortune. He is the original purchaser of Grosvenor Estate which has passed to his heirs and is the source of the Duke of Westminster's billion pound fortune.

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