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	{{a\|cayman\|{{image\|George Ugland\|png\|[[Birgit von Sachsen-Rampton]]’s famous portrait}}{{image\|SPV orphanage\|png\|Ugland’s original SPV orphanage in [[George Town]]}}}}[[George Robert Maguire Ugland]] (1872-1957) was a British brewer and industrialist who founded the [[Cayman Islands rum cake\|Tortuga]] factory in the [[Cayman Islands\|British West Indies]] and who, having made his fortune exporting rum cakes, devoted the autumn years of his life to corporate philanthropy.		{{a\|cayman\|{{image\|George Ugland\|png\|[[Birgit von Sachsen-Rampton]]’s famous portrait. {{vsr\|1934}}}}{{image\|SPV orphanage\|png\|Ugland’s original SPV orphanage in [[George Town]]}}}}[[George Robert Maguire Ugland]] (1872-1957) was a British brewer and industrialist who founded the [[Cayman Islands rum cake\|Tortuga]] factory in the [[Cayman Islands\|British West Indies]] and who, having made his fortune exporting rum cakes, devoted the autumn years of his life to corporate philanthropy.

	Ugland was the second son of a wealthy Dundee [[pipewright]]. When, in 1891, he did not inherit his father’s bagpipe factory, Ugland boarded a liner to the new world intent on of establishing himself as a merchant and discounter of bills for local jewelers of thriving Halifax, Nova Scotia.		Ugland was the second son of a wealthy Dundee [[pipewright]]. When, in 1891, he did not inherit his father’s bagpipe factory, Ugland boarded a liner to the new world intent on of establishing himself as a merchant and discounter of bills for local jewelers of thriving Halifax, Nova Scotia.