As Britain's fortunes expanded, contracted, changed shape and took on new colours, then so, inevitably, did those of the Verneys.Adrian Tinniswood is able to chart the family's activities over such a long period thanks to the extraordinary archive of correspondence, both official and deeply personal, that it left behind.
A number of other celebrities saw their fortunes continue to expand according to the Rich List.
He bought the exquisite Villa Cimbrone around 1905 and spent his remaining years, and his fortune, expanding it, decorating it, eccentrically, and, stupendously, adding numerous "statuosities"; it is where his ashes reside.
Among the first to see its potential was serial restaurant entrepreneur Luke Johnson, the former chairman of Channel 4, who made an early fortune expanding Pizza Express into a national chain.
Huizenga built his fortune expanding small companies into giants, then selling out for billions.
It's not about liking a certain piece, it's about connecting with deeper values". Joannou began collecting art in the mid-1980s after having made his fortune expanding his family's construction empire in the Middle East, North Africa and throughout southern Europe.
Their company expanded and prospered.
But that year, in an effort to expand their fortunes, the NFL's owners agreed to a secret pact to follow baseball's model, expelling the few black players they had and refusing to sign new ones.
Their fortunes have fluctuated through the centuries.
Their fortunes are tracked continually.
Their fortunes span decades, even centuries.
