U.K. Man to Donate Proceeds From $24-Million Estate Sale

The owner of a country estate in the north of England plans to sell the $24-million property and give the proceeds to a British cancer charity, the BBC reports.

Brian Burnie, who made millions in building, petrochemicals, and an investment company, purchased Doxford Hall and its 10-acre grounds in the county of Northumberland in 1993 and converted it into a spa hotel.

“I’ve done the stately home bit — the bricks and mortar — but I’ve always been a people person,” said Mr. Burnie, whose wife is a breast-cancer survivor. “To be able to do something to help people has a much bigger return than any financial gain.”