# £20 million grant from Garfield Weston Foundation

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/05/18/20-million-grant-garfield-weston-foundation/
- Published: 1999-05-18T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Garry Weston, the sixth richest man in Britain according to The Sunday Times Wealth
List, has donated a record £20 million to the British Museum. The gift will allow
it to complete the Great Court, Sir Norman Foster’s plan to integrate the central
courtyard of the Museum with the Reading Room. The money was donated via Mr Weston’s
Garfield Weston Foundation.

 

 

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Garry Weston, the sixth richest man in Britain according to The Sunday Times Wealth
List, has donated a record £20 million to the British Museum. The gift will allow
it to complete the Great Court, Sir Norman Foster’s plan to integrate the central
courtyard of the Museum with the Reading Room. The money was donated via Mr Weston’s
Garfield Weston Foundation.

 

 

 

 

The gift is the largest that the Museum has ever received from a private donor, 
and The Times reports that it is the third largest ever given to a UK museum or 
gallery.

 

 

 

 

Mr Weston’s estimated $1.5 billion worth is derived from his lifelong family involvement
with Associated British Foods, which was founded by his grandfather. He is also 
chairman of Fortnum & Mason.

 

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