marxist_vulcan-
No, although with hindsight I probably could have put the pieces together. I also suspect that when, aged 10, I was told I could either go to public school or we could have lots of treats and family holidays (and you can guess which Captain Swottypants here decided to go for) I wouldn't really have appreciated why it was such a bad thing. I certainly don't think I'd have been able to raise the issue, aged 10, about whether or not my deceased grandfather was an exploitative abuser of white privilege with my parents.
I don't think it's ever been openly acknowledged within the family, even to this day. One doesn't talk about money. It's vulgar. Apparently my paternal grandmother refused even to say the word 'money'. She referred to it by the euphemism 'the necessary'. That's all hearsay though - I have no memory of her as she died shortly after I was born. I don't think there's a causal link between the two, so at least that one's not on my conscience.
It's possible the money in the trust fund didn't come from South African diamond mining. It may have come from other family investments. However, at least some of my family's wealth came from post-WWII diamond mining.
Anyway, back to Bromptons. This isn't the I Confess thread.
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Oh lordy yes. For example, it turns out the trust fund which paid for my rather expensive secondary education was the result of profits made from diamond mining in South Africa during the apartheid era. That's on the paternal side of the family.
Another one straight to the golf club thread I suspect.