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==Personal life== Hans Rausing and his wife [[Märit Rausing]] had two daughters, [[Lisbet Rausing|Lisbet]] and [[Sigrid Rausing|Sigrid]], and one son, [[Hans Kristian Rausing]].<ref name="auto"/> From 2001 to 2012, Rausing and his family donated £886,000 to the UK's [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Manning |first1=Sanchez |title=A quarter of the UK's richest people give money to the Conservative Party |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/a-quarter-of-the-uks-richest-people-give-money-to-the-conservative-party-7848933.html |access-date=30 August 2019 |work=The Independent |date=14 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830213837/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/a-quarter-of-the-uks-richest-people-give-money-to-the-conservative-party-7848933.html |archive-date=30 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rausing was a resident of the UK from 1982 until his death.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/rausing-family-values-the-dark-side-of-a-dynasty-808150.html "Rausing family values: the dark side of a dynasty"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331230816/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/rausing-family-values-the-dark-side-of-a-dynasty-808150.html |date=31 March 2017 }}, ''The Independent'', 11 April 2008, retrieved 10 November 2011.</ref> He lived at [[New House, Wadhurst Park|The New House]], [[Wadhurst Park]], [[East Sussex]], until his death on 30 August 2019.<ref>Nick Davies, [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/apr/11/nickdavies3 "Playing the System"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927181212/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/apr/11/nickdavies3 |date=27 September 2016 }}, ''The Guardian'', 11 April 2002, retrieved 10 November 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/hans-rausing-avliden|title=Hans Rausing avliden|newspaper=SVT Nyheter|date=30 August 2019|via=www.svt.se|access-date=30 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830170329/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/hans-rausing-avliden|archive-date=30 August 2019|url-status=live|last1=Hansson|first1=Anton}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/>
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