Harry Oakes | |
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 Oakes in 1925 | |
| Born | Harry Oakes December 23, 1874 Sangerville, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | July 7, 1943 (aged 68) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Education | Foxcroft Academy |
| Alma mater | Bowdoin College Syracuse University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Spouse | Eunice Myrtle McIntyre |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | William Pitt Oakes Edith Nancy Lewis |
Sir Harry Oakes, 1st Baronet (23 December 1874 – 7 July 1943) was a British gold mine owner, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. He earned his fortune in Canada and moved to the Bahamas in the 1930s for tax purposes. Though American by birth, he became a British citizen and was granted the hereditary title of baronet in 1939.
Oakes was murdered in 1943 under mysterious circumstances, and the subsequent trial ended with acquittal of the accused. No further legal proceedings have taken place on the matter, the cause of death and the details surrounding it have never been entirely determined (though are thought to be unusually grisly) and the case has been the subject of several books and four films.