United Kingdom - Ireland
Jun. 06, 1968 - The Mellon banking family to Dee founder's home in ulster : fifty members of the Mellon family one of America's greatest financial dynasties, make a pilgrimage tomorrow to the cottage in ulster where the man who set out in 1818 from camp hill cottage, Mountjoy, near Omagh co.Tyrone, to start life anew. Thomas became a lawyer and a judge and later founded the million national in the united states. His son. Andrew, became ambassador to London in 1932. Last year the Mellon family gave over 100, 000 towards the restoration and upkeep of the ancestral home. Newly thatched furnished in original style and with turf fire blazing, it awaits the visit of Thomas Mellon's descendants, led by Dr. Matthew Mellon, 71, retired professor of art history, and present head of the family. Their total income is about the some as Ulster's gross domestic product, 550-million a year. Photo Shows The living room at Camp Hill Cottage Co. Tyronne, with traditional furniture and cooking implements at the two fire
