In 1953 he donated his estate to the town and it is now a 102 acre park in the center of Greenwich.

There, the mayor, a councillor and a notary forced him under duress to donate his whole estate to the municipality.

A San Francisco surgeon and his wife have pledged to donate their entire estate, valued at $25 million, to Yale University.

Together with his parents-in-law, he donated Muckross House and its estate to the Irish state.

Sterling's daughter, Cordelia, donated the house and its surrounding estate to the town as a park upon her death in 1931.

Larry Warren, a longtime resident of Boody, donated his estate to be turned into a park after he died in 2003.

Paul responded by economising and donated his private estate at Polidendri to the State.

Dobrila donated his whole estate to charity post mortem.

In the late 1970s Taube convinced the Korets, who had no children, to donate their estate to charity.

Eventually, he plans to donate his estate to animal rights groups.