# William Jennens

> William Jennens (1701-1798), also known as William the Miser, William the Rich, and The Miser of Acton, was a reclusive financier who lived at Acton Place in the village of Acton, Suffolk, England. He was described as the "richest commoner in England" when he died unmarried and intestate with a fortune estimated at £2 million, which became the subject of legal wrangles in the Court of Chancery for well over a century despite the fact that all Jennens' real and personal estate had been distributed to his closest living relatives in a relatively short time after his death. The Jennens case is often cited as having provided inspiration for Jarndyce v Jarndyce in Charles Dickens' serialised novel Bleak House.

*English financier*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Investor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Investors
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1701
- **Died:** 1798-06-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

William Jennens (1701-1798), also known as William the Miser, William the Rich, and The Miser of Acton, was a reclusive financier who lived at Acton Place in the village of Acton, Suffolk, England. He was described as the "richest commoner in England" when he died unmarried and intestate with a fortune estimated at £2 million, which became the subject of legal wrangles in the Court of Chancery for well over a century despite the fact that all Jennens' real and personal estate had been distributed to his closest living relatives in a relatively short time after his death. The Jennens case is often cited as having provided inspiration for Jarndyce v Jarndyce in Charles Dickens' serialised novel Bleak House.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 42.6
- **Momentum:** 4.8

## Sources
- [William Jennens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennens)
- [Дженненс, Уильям](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8013545)

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