David Milne Fasken (December 31, 1860 – December 2, 1929) was a Canadian lawyer from Wellington County, Canada West, whose wealth, later inherited by his family, formed Fasken Oil & Ranch in 1979, an oil company which currently owns approximately 300,000 acres of land in Texas.
He later worked at the law firm of William Henry Beatty who mentored him.
[3] Fasken died on December 2, 1929[4] at the age of 68 leaving behind an estate worth $1,792,300, excluding unknown oil reserves on the land.
The Supreme Court of Canada, while interpreting his will, commented that his inheritance was "very substantial".
The Toronto Daily Star ran the headline "David Fasken, Wealthy Mining Magnate Dies".