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Cases about members of Royal Society of London. Memberships appear only where Wikidata records one for the person the case is about: societies, clubs, fraternities, academies, parties and councils.

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  1. 2024Elon Musk gave his foundation $7.9 billion in Tesla stock in two years, and its filings show it paid out less than requiredCornell Law School, LII and 2 more
  2. 2002The Queen Mother left her estate to her daughter free of inheritance tax under a 1993 deal between the palace and the TreasuryGOV.UK and 2 more
  3. 1972Edward VIII gave up the throne, sold Sandringham and Balmoral to his brother, and hid how much money he hadWikipedia (English) and 1 more
  4. 1955Einstein gave his Nobel money to his first wife and asked to be cremated in secret, and the pathologist kept his brain for decadesnationalgeographic.com and 3 more
  5. 1955Albert Einstein's publicity rights ended in 2005, a judge ruled, defeating Hebrew University's suit over a GM ad with his face on a muscled bodycacd.uscourts.gov and 5 more
  6. 1936George V's doctor injected him with morphine and cocaine so his death would make the morning papersThe New York Times and 1 more
  7. 1936Henry Wellcome left his drug company to trustees in 1936, and in 1995 they sold it to its rival GlaxoWikipedia (English) and 2 more
  8. 1891Pedro II's heirs still collect 2.5 percent of every land sale in central Petrópolis, 137 years after the empire fellub.edu and 2 more
  9. 1873Livingstone's heart was buried in Zambia, his body was carried 1,000 miles to Westminster Abbey, and his son died in a Confederate prison under a false namewestminster-abbey.org and 8 more
  10. 1852Belgium bought out the Duke of Wellington's "perpetual" Waterloo rent in 1988 and kept a right to take back the landBoletín Oficial del Estado and 3 more
  11. 1847The Navy declared Franklin's crews dead in 1854 while his wife paid for the search, and the wrecks found 160 years later belong partly to the InuitRoyal Museums Greenwich and 3 more
  12. 1830Thomas Lawrence died in debt in 1830 and the nation refused his Old Master drawings for £18,000, so a dealer who was his main creditor took themarchive.spectator.co.uk and 3 more
  13. 1829A duke's illegitimate son left his fortune to the United States, which used it to found the Smithsoniansiris-sihistory.si.edu and 2 more
  14. 1824Byron's friends tore up and burned his memoirs in his publisher's fireplace four weeks after he diedamdigital.co.uk and 3 more
  15. 1797Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill collection was sold off over 24 days in 1842 after heirs spent the family fortuneThe Guardian and 1 more
  16. 1790Benjamin Franklin left Boston and Philadelphia £1,000 each for 200 years, and his heirs, a school and the state fought over itCaselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School and 2 more
  17. 1779Captain Cook's body was returned in pieces, and his widow outlived all six children and destroyed his letters before she died in 1835register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk and 6 more
  18. 1778Voltaire was refused a Paris burial in 1778, buried in secret, moved to the Panthéon in 1791 with his heart kept apart, and a legend says his bones were thrown away in 1814jackboulware.substack.com and 3 more
  19. 1727Isaac Newton died without a will, and his heirs held his alchemy and theology papers for 209 years before selling them for £9,000newtonproject.ox.ac.uk and 2 more
  20. 1718William Penn went to debtors' prison while he owned Pennsylvania, and his heirs later traded 24 million acres for £130,000 and a £4,000 British annuitybedsarchivescat.bedford.gov.uk and 11 more
  21. 1703Robert Hooke said he would endow the Royal Society, died without a will, and cousins he barely knew took the moneymathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk and 2 more