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 |  Subject: ~~Millionaire Labour donor found dead ~~  Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:09 pm | |
|  Nigel Doughty, the co-founder of Doughty Hanson & Co and an assistant treasurer of the Labour Party, was found dead in his gym at his home in Skillington, Lincolnshire, on Saturday. The death was believed to have been from natural causes.
He had an estimated fortune of £130 million, and gave £2 million to Labour in the run-up to the 2010 general election.
However, his political donations were dwarfed by his spending on Notthingham Forest, the football club which he supported as a boy. He bought the club for £11 million in 1999, saving it from administration, and invested an estimated £100 million of his personal fortune in it.
He stepped down as chairman of the club in October after a decade in the job, following the sacking of the former England manager Steve McClaren.
He was replaced in the role by former Forest player and manager Frank Clark. | |
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