Haggis champion leaves £2m

Published on Thursday 8 March 2007 01:37

HIS first job after leaving school was behind the counter of his family's small butcher's shop in Edinburgh. But over the years his entrepreneurial spirit turned the humble haggis into a fine-food item, on sale in top stores including Harrods and Fortnum & Mason.

Yesterday it emerged that John Macsween, who turned the family business, Macsween of Edinburgh, into an international brand, left 2.1 million in his will, divided up between his wife Katharine and their four children.

The butcher, businessman and, arguably, most famous haggis maker in the world, died on 17 July last year, aged 66, at his home near Pathhead, Midlothian, following a three-year battle with cancer.