This, along with heavy drinking, gambling and a string of unwise investments, pushed him to the brink of bankruptcy.
Later, she lost £300 (a huge sum) in 1835 on unwise investments, but was saved by a government pension of £25 per year.
His real estate business here in New York was a large one, and successful, but recent unwise investments have lost him a great deal of money.
Charles Richardson's aspirations to rise socially and live the life of an intellectual gentleman, combined with his unwise investments, led the family into bankruptcy.
An unwise investment in an ecclesiastical wood-carving enterprise soon led to the loss of much of the family fortune.
Also, unwise investments had cost him a large portion of his assets, so he had to curb his living standard and live in rented accommodations.
After an unwise investment in a café, he ended his life in poverty.
She also has an uncle who makes unwise investments, leading to the accumulation of debts, burdening the family even further.
On his return to Britain, as a result of excessive gambling, tax debts and unwise investments, he was declared bankrupt in 1926.
Did parents of these children make unwise investments or indulge in the wasteful and costly practice of divorce?
