Uneasy Money by P.G. Wodehouse

In UNEASY MONEY, William FitzWilliam Delamere Chalmers, a formerly wealthy British lord, has come to the end of his money through profligate spending and poor financial advice. As he ponders selling the family silver, he unexpectedly receives a million-pound inheritance--not from a relative, but from an American he once helped at golf. Despite this unexpected windfall, he soon becomes guilt-wracked upon learning that his American benefactor left his niece and nephew only twenty pounds. He soon decides to give them half of the inheritance, only to discover that it can be difficult to give money away.